Coll19 - Wakefield (Pleistocene of Canada)
Where: Quebec, Canada (45.6° N, 75.9° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 75.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified claystone and unlithified sandstone
• 10-12feet marine clay, more finely bedded at the top, fossiliferous; 4-5 feet stratified fine sand ; 6 inches clay; 1 foot (plus) sand
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: F.J.E. Wagner. 1970. Faunas of the Pleistocene Champlain Sea. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada 181 [L. Ivany/P. Wall] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 65339: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 21.09.2006