GSC loc. 83998 - Smithers (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.9° N, 126.2° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 68.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: mechanical,

• H. W. Tipper, 1969.

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 53196: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 07.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella leesi Aberhan and Muster 1997 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae
Arctoasteroceras sp. Frebold 1960 ammonite
unpublished