GSC loc. 79915 - Edson (Jurassic to of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (53.3° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 50.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fernie Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian to Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Fernie Fm. consists of sandstones and shales.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: G. K. Jakobs. 1997. Toarcian (Early Jurassic) ammonoids from western North America. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 428:137pp. [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53214: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 07.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
shell pavement
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae