GSC loc. 93131 - McConnell Creek (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (56.2° N, 126.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 68.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Smithers Formation, Middle Toarcian (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• Crassicosta Zone; Meters indicate distance from base of section

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

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 53587: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 12.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
? Nautiloida indet.
Poulton 1976
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella aff. formosa Lycett 1860 clam
Poulton 1976
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Myophorella aff. montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis
"Myophorella aff. montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis Meek 1873 clam
Poulton 1976
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Poulton 1976
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
"? Variamussium sp." = Parvamussium
"? Variamussium sp." = Parvamussium Sacco 1897 mud scallop
Poulton 1976
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Costicamptonectes) sp. Fursich 1982 scallop
sp. A
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Perna sp. Retzius 1788 mussel
Poulton 1976
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
? Collina sp. Bonarelli 1893 ammonite
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
Poulton 1976
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
Poulton 1976