GSC loc. 93221 - McConnell Creek (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (56.7° N, 126.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 69.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hazelton Group, Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Original description: "Weyla beds. EARLY Pliensbachian, Kunae Zone"

• 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. W. Tipper, 1975.

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 53545: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 12.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigoniidae indet. Lamarck 1819 clam
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla (Weyla) bodenbenderi Behrendsen 1891 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria, Radulonectites sosneadoensis
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Radulonectites sosneadoensis Weaver 1931 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Poulton 1976
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae
Coeloceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Frebold 1976
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
? Arieticeras sp. Seguenza 1885 ammonite
Frebold 1976
Fuciniceras sp. Haas 1913 ammonite
Frebold 1976
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
Poulton 1976
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
unpublished