Glacier Point, west (Oligocene of Canada)

Also known as GSC 601, GSC 602, CAS 232, Flea Bay West

Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.4° N, 124.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 115.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Sooke Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 206866: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.12.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten columbianum" = Leochlamys columbiana
"Pecten columbianum" = Leochlamys columbiana Clark and Arnold 1923 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sookensis n. sp. Clark and Arnold 1923 oyster
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen clallamensis Clark and Arnold 1923 clam