GSC 92588, Kingak Fm, north of Bonnet Lake, northern Yukon (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: Yukon, Canada (68.3° N, 137.8° W: paleocoordinates 64.0° N, 52.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kingak Formation, Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and siltstone

• Table 1 gives broad lithological descriptions of formations within the study area. The Kingak Fm is predominantly shale and siltstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: 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 34223: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 22.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus (Mytiloides) sp." = Mytiloides
"Inoceramus (Mytiloides) sp." = Mytiloides Brongniart 1822 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
"Pseudolioceras ? kedonense" = Pseudolioceras (Pseudolioceras) lythense
"Pseudolioceras ? kedonense" = Pseudolioceras (Pseudolioceras) lythense Young and Bird 1828 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
? Partschiceras sp. Fucini 1920 ammonite