Where: Yukon, Canada (61.7° N, 135.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 76.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Laberge Group, Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• 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,
• T. P. Poulton, 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 53163: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 07.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bakevellia (Bakevellia) waltoni Lycett 1863 oyster | |
Weyla sp. Böhm 1920 scallop | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel |