Fish Lake Section, Locality 1 (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: Yukon, Canada (60.6° N, 135.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.2° N, 52.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Carlottense ammonoid zone, Laberge Group, Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• This section doesn't have well-defined beds, the samples were collected from different localities. Each locality is found in different thicknesses.

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: M. E. Clapham, P. L. Smith, and H. W. Tipper. 2002. Lower to Middle Jurassic stratigraphy, ammonoid fauna and sedimentary history of the Laberge Group in the Fish Lake syncline, northern Whitehorse Trough, Yukon, Canada. In D. S. Emond, L. H. Weston, L. L. Lewis (eds.), Yukon Exploration and Geology 2001 73-85 [J. Pálfy/Z. Kostka/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 208201: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Dorina Juhász on 24.03.2020

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
"Lioceratoides (Pacificeras) sp." = Tiltoniceras Buckman 1913 ammonite
"Lioceratoides (Pacificeras) propinquum" = Tiltoniceras propinquum Whiteaves 1884 ammonite