Also known as James Bay Loc. 1
Where: Ontario, Canada (51.3° N, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 80.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic unit reported in text. From elevated beaches. AGE: Late Wisconsin (Richards 1936), dated between 7,000-8,000 years BP.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on checklists of Nichols (1936) and Richards (1940, 1941). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.
Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 66523: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Yoldia (Yoldiella) lenticula" = Yoldiella lenticula
"Yoldia (Yoldiella) lenticula" = Yoldiella lenticula Möller 1842 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Clinocardium ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum
"Clinocardium ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum Fabricius 1780 cockle | |
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cylichna alba Brown 1827 snail | |
"Buccinum tenue" = Buccinum scalariforme
"Buccinum tenue" = Buccinum scalariforme Möller 1842 true whelk | |
"Polinices groenlandicus" = Euspira pallida
"Polinices groenlandicus" = Euspira pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 moon snail |