Where: Yukon, Canada (68.2° N, 138.0° W: paleocoordinates 55.1° N, 58.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kingak Formation, Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)
• sample from in situ and fresh float of basal 0.6 to 1.0 m of Unit 12 of section
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: T.P. Poulton. 1991. Hettangian through Aalenian (Jurassic) guide fossils and biostratigraphy, Northern Yukon and adjacent Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin (410)1-95 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34189: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 21.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Psiloceras sp. ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
? Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
? Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam |