60 Loch Garry (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (45.3° N, 74.7° W: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 74.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, medium-grained, coarse, pebbly sandstone

• 6-7 feet unsorted mixture of medium to coarse sand, small to large pebbles, and cobbles. At least 4 distinct fossil horizons

Primary reference: F.J.E. Wagner. 1970. Faunas of the Pleistocene Champlain Sea. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada 181:1-104 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 81769: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 15.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Pyrulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae