McLay Spur (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (56.1° N, 122.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 52.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• "Halobia zone" (McLearn 1941)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Survey Ottawa, Canada

Primary reference: F. H. McLearn. 1941. Preliminary descriptions of some new Triassic pelecypods from the Peace River foothills, B. C. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 55(3):31-33 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204755: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 22.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria laksel n. sp. McLearn 1941 pearl oyster
"previously listed as Pteria ? cf. difficilis"; Geological Survey Ottawa, No. 8763 (holotype)