Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.2° N, 132.1° W: paleocoordinates 2.0° N, 126.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Maude Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 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, 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 53461: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 09.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Weyla (Weyla) meeki Damborenea 1987 scallop | |
Kolymonectes carlottensis Whiteaves 1884 scallop |