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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle | |
Vaugonia sp. Crickmay 1930 clam | |
"Ostreoida indet." = Ostreida
"Ostreoida indet." = Ostreida Fërussac 1822 oyster | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop | |
Plagiostoma semicircularis Goldfuss 1835 file clam | |
Placunopsis radiata Phillips 1829 scallop | |
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Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 |