Currier Formation in British Columbia (Jurassic to of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.7° N, 126.6° W: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 116.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Currier Formation, Tithonian to Tithonian (152.1 - 125.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified, bioturbated siltstone and lithified sandstone

• Layer C1 consists of coal: in situ plants; may be roots in seat earth. Layer C2 consists of cross-bedded sandstone: trough cross-bedded, scoured baes, rip-up clasts, plant detritus. Layer C3 consists of low-angle planar-bedded sandstone: mature medium-grained sandstone, low-angle planar cross-beds, plant detritus. Layer C4 consists of fissle shale: with trace fossils. Layer C5 consists of siltstone-mudstone interbeds: abundant well-preserved plant macrofossils, planar-bedded and ripple-laminated siltstone and mudstone. Layer C6 consists of bioturbated mudstone and siltstone. Layer C7 consists of sandstone-siltstone interbeds with trace fossils. Layer C8 consists of flaser-bedded siltstone: lenticular to flaser-bedded and ripple-laminated siltstone and mudstone.

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: S. E. MacLeod and L. V. Hills. 1990. Conformable Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) to Early Cretaceous Strata, northern Bowser Basin, British Columbia: a sedimentological and paleontological model. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 27:989-998 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/D. Schramm]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41191: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Danielle Schramm on 08.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Niissonia schaumbergensis, Niissonia tenuicaulis, Niissonia orientalis, Ginko cf. huttonii, Niissonia parvula, Niissonia brongniarti, Equisitites sp., Niissonia sp., Venerecyprina sp.
Polypodiopsida
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Cladophlebis virginiensis, Cladophlebis heterophylla
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris hymenophylloides
Coniopteris hymenophylloides Brongniart 1828 scaly tree fern
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Ctenis borealis
Ginkgoopsida
 Czekanowskiales -
Czekanowskia sp.
Czekanowskia sp. Heer 1876
 Ginkgoales -
Sphenobaiera longifolia, Sphenobaiera sp.
Sphenobaiera sp. Florin 1936
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Baiera furcata
 Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Sagenopteris williamsii
Gnetopsida
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"Pityophyllum nordenskioldii" = Pityophyllum nordenskioeldi
"Pityophyllum nordenskioldii" = Pityophyllum nordenskioeldi Heer 1899
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum bellii n. sp.
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites lanceolatus
Podozamites lanceolatus Lindley and Hutton 1840 podocarp
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Elatides curvifolia
Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846 yew
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Herzogina sp.
Herzogina sp. Chavan 1950 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp.
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Ferganoconchidae
Ferganoconcha sp.
Ferganoconcha sp. Ljutkevitch and Nalivkin 1960 clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Eocallista regularis
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina sp., Staffinella sp.
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
Staffinella sp. Casey 1952 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Somapecten sp.
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma sp., "Hypoxytoma sp." = Oxytoma (Hypoxytoma)
Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop
"Hypoxytoma sp." = Oxytoma (Hypoxytoma) scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Mclearnia sp., Camptonectes sp.
Mclearnia sp. Crickmay 1930 scallop
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Anopaea sp.
Anopaea sp. Eichwald 1861 clam
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis sp.
Belemnopsis sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite
 Ichnofossils -
Helminthopsis sp., Cochlichnus sp., Planolites sp., Diplocraterion sp., ? Cylindrichnus sp., ? Rhizocorallium sp., Chondrites sp., Teichichnus sp.
Cochlichnus sp. Hitchcock 1858
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
Diplocraterion sp. Torell 1870
? Cylindrichnus sp. Toots 1966
? Rhizocorallium sp. Zenker 1836
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833
Teichichnus sp. Seilacher 1955