GSC C-118600, Harrison River (Jurassic of Canada)

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

• Dark 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
 Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae
Lilloettia cf. stantoni Imlay 1953 ammonite
Xenocephalites cf. vicarius Imlay 1953 ammonite