Bajo Point (Oligocene of Canada)
Also known as GSC 20050, 20564, 20584, 20585
Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.6° N, 126.8° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 115.3° W)
When: Division D Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• age after Domning 1978 & Nesbitt 2018
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, blue, calcareous sandstone
• greenish to bluish grey, limy sandstone, grading locally into sandy shell-limestone, minor grit and pebble-conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. A. Jeletzky. 1973. Age and depositional environments of Tertiary rocks of Nootka Island British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 10(3):331-365 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 206743: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.11.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Scaphander cf. gordoni" = Scaphander washingtonensis gordoni
"Scaphander cf. gordoni" = Scaphander washingtonensis gordoni Tegland 1933 snail | |
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Crepidula cf. ungana Dall 1908 slipper shell | |
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Cerithiopsis cf. newcombei Clark and Arnold 1923 snail | |
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Molopophorus newcombei Merriam 1897 snail | |
"Priscofusus cf. hannibali" = Fusinus (Priscofusus) hannibali
"Priscofusus cf. hannibali" = Fusinus (Priscofusus) hannibali Clark and Arnold 1923 snail | |
"Bruclarkia acuminatum" = Agasoma acuminatum
"Bruclarkia acuminatum" = Agasoma acuminatum Anderson and Martin 1914 true whelk | |
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Fusitriton cf. goodspeedi triton shell | |
| Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium cf. conradi" = Dentalium pseudonyma
"Dentalium cf. conradi" = Dentalium pseudonyma Pilsbry and Sharp 1898 tusk shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Mytilus mathewsoni" = Crenomytilus mathewsoni
"Mytilus mathewsoni" = Crenomytilus mathewsoni Gabb 1866 mussel | |
"Lucina cf. acutilineata" = Lucinoma acutilineata
"Lucina cf. acutilineata" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam | |
"Spisula (Mactromeria) cf. albaria" = Mactromeris albaria, Spisula (Hemimactra) sookensis
"Spisula (Mactromeria) cf. albaria" = Mactromeris albaria Conrad 1848 clam
Spisula (Hemimactra) sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923 clam | |
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis
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"Ceratoderma sookensis" = Cerastoderma
"Ceratoderma sookensis" = Cerastoderma cockle | |
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Solen clallamensis Clark and Arnold 1923 clam | |
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Yoldia (Portlandia) cf. cooperii Gabb 1865 clam | |
| Mammalia | |
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? Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811 sirenian CMNFV 41631; perhaps a desmostylian rib? Domning 1978 also Domning & Ray 1986
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