Providence Cove (Oligocene of Canada)
Also known as NP 133
Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.5° N, 124.4° W: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 115.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Sooke Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
• Lower Astoria basal sandstone and conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 206862: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.12.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa
"Panope cf. generosa" = Panopea generosa Gould 1850 clam | |