Also known as MVA(F)85-276A
Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.5° N, 121.9° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 42.9° N, 52.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Buchia tolmatschowi other zone, Peninsula Formation, Late/Upper Berriasian (139.1 - 137.1 Ma)
• 3 m stratigraphically beneath the sample C-118587. Topmost part of Buchia tolmatschowi Zone (i.e. its overlap-beds with Buchia pacifica Zone) and topmost part of the Berriasian stage in terms of the international standard stage.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified 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 185072: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.04.2017
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Buchia pacifica Jeletsky 1965 scallop |