GSC loc. C-103074 - 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: Spatsizi Formation (Hazelton Group), Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• probably Freboldi 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. 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 53560: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 12.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
Rhynchonellida indet.
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
unpublished
 Terebratulida -
Terebratulida indet.
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883
unpublished
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla (Weyla) alata
Weyla (Weyla) alata von Buch 1838 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop