Skuna Bay (Oligocene to of Canada)

Also known as BC 69-2 G

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.7° N, 126.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 114.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bulimina cf. alsatica zone foram zone, Hesquiat Formation (Carmanah Group), Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. E. B. Cameron. 1980. Biostratigraphy and depositional environment of the Escalante and Hesquiat Formations (Early Tertiary) of the Nootka Sound area, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Geological Survey Paper 78(9):1-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209759: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Alabaminidae
Alabamina sp. Toulmin 1941
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
 Polymorphinida - Plectofrondiculariidae
 Nodosariida - Stilostomellidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
 Rotaliina - Turrilinidae
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
 Rotaliina - Islandiellidae
Cassidulinoides sp. Cushman 1927