Tatchu Point, Hesquiat Fm. (Oligocene to of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.9° N, 127.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 114.7° W)

When: Chiloguembelina cubensis zone foram zone, Hesquiat Formation (Carmanah Group), Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and conglomerate

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 209758: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Ordidorsalis umbonatus
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Globorotalia sp.
Globorotalia sp. Cushman 1927
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Stilostomellidae
Stilostomella sp., Siphonodosaria sp.
Siphonodosaria sp. Silvestri 1924
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina dusenburyi, Pseudonodosaria cf. inflata
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
Ceratobulimina washburnei
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Glabratellidae
Glabratella sp.
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina keenani, Gyroidina orbicularis
Gyroidina orbicularis d'Orbigny 1865
subspecies planata
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides pseudoungerianus
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium aff. californicum
 Globigerinina - Chiloguembelinidae
Chiloguembelina cubensis
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Bolivina cf. marginata
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
Cassidulina galvinensis
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina glabrans
 Rotaliina -
Caucasina sp.
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Hoeglundina eocenica