GSC loc. C-103312 - Spatsizi River (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (57.5° N, 128.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 71.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cold Fish Volcanics Formation (Hazelton Group), Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• The Hazelton Group is a thick assemblage of basaltic to rhyolitic volcanics, sedimentary rocks, their tuffaceous equivalents, and minor limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: mechanical,

• H. Gabrielse, 1983.

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 53380: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 09.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae
Dubariceras freboldi
Dubariceras freboldi Dommergues et al. 1984 ammonite
Dommergues et al., 1984
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillaria pallas
Gervillaria pallas Leanza 1942 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula (Harpax) rapa" = Harpax rapa
"Plicatula (Harpax) rapa" = Harpax rapa Bayle and Coquand 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma (Oxytoma) cf. inequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma (Oxytoma) cf. inequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop