Tatchu Point (Eocene to of Canada)

Also known as GSC 18378, GSC 18388, GSC 18389, GSC 18391, GSC 18490

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.9° N, 127.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 110.9° W)

When: Globorotalia sp. aff. G. postcretacea zone foram zone, Carmanah Group, Bartonian to Bartonian (41.3 - 33.9 Ma)

• Escalante Formation lithostratigraphic equivalents

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Jeletzky. 1975. Age and depositional environment of the lower part of Escalante Formation, western Vancouver Island, British Columbia . Geological Survey of Canada Paper 75(1C):9-16 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209754: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea lincolnensis" = Phygraea lincolnensis
"Ostrea lincolnensis" = Phygraea lincolnensis Weaver 1916 oyster
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalina cf. californiensis Cushman and Hobson 1935
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Eponides aff. kleinpelli Cushman and Frizzell 1940
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Martinottiella eocenica Cushman and Bermudez 1947
 Rotaliina -
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
Cassidulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Cassidulina globosa Hantken 1875
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
  - Chilostomellidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Bulimina sculptilis Cushman 1923
subspecies laciniata
Globobulimina sp. Cushman 1927
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
 Polymorphinida - Plectofrondiculariidae
Plectofrondicularia packardi Cushman and Schenck 1928
subspecies multilineata, subspecies packardi
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Chiloguembelinidae