Also known as MVA(F)85-327
Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.5° N, 121.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 65.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cardioceras cordatum ammonoid zone, Billhook Creek Formation, Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• Early Oxfordian (Costicardia Subzone of Europe) and belongs in the Cardioceras spiniferum Fauna B13 of Callomon (1984).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, medium-grained sandstone
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 185065: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Cardioceras sp. ammonite
Cardioceras (Cardioceras) lillooetense Reeside 1919 ammonite
Cardioceras (Cardioceras) cf. hyatti Reeside 1919 ammonite | |
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster |