GSC loc. 88602 - Smithers (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.4° N, 127.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 69.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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,

• T. P. Poulton, 1971.

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 53198: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 07.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
? Homomya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigoniidae indet. Lamarck 1819 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella leesi Aberhan and Muster 1997 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla (Lywea) unca Philippi 1899 scallop
Weyla (Weyla) alata von Buch 1838 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Frebold 1972
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae
Arctoasteroceras sp. Frebold 1960 ammonite
Frebold 1972