Also known as MVA(F)85-329
Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.3° N, 121.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 63.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Macrocephalites macrocephalus ammonoid zone, Mysterious Creek Formation, Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• Equivalent to the Macrocephalus Zone of Europe
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the GSC
Primary reference: A. J. Arthur, P. L. Smith, J. W. H. Monger and H. W. Tipper. 1993. Mesozoic stratigraphy and Jurassic paleontology west of Harrison Lake, southwestern British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 441:1-62 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185050: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Lilloettia cf. stantoni Imlay 1953 ammonite
Xenocephalites cf. vicarius Imlay 1953 ammonite |