GSC loc. C-86684 - Tulsequah (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (58.7° N, 132.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 73.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Takwahoni Formation (Laberge Group), Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Late Pliensbachian probably

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Coarse grained, near-shore Takwahoni Fm.
• The Takwahoni Fm is a thick (3350 m) assemblage of interbedded conglomerate, greywacke, silstone, and shale.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: mechanical,

• H. W. Tipper, 1979.

Primary reference: M. Aberhan. 1998. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of western Canada. Part I. Subclasses Palaeotaxodonta, Pteriomorpha, and Isofilibranchia. Beringeria 21:57-150 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53118: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 06.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Vaugonia sp. Crickmay 1930 clam
 Ostreoida -
"Ostreoida indet." = Ostreida
"Ostreoida indet." = Ostreida Fërussac 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma semicircularis Goldfuss 1835 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis radiata Phillips 1829 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
sp. A
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834