GSC loc. 85329 - Smithers (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.7° N, 126.7° W: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 68.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 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. W. Tipper, 1970.

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 53594: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 12.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" sp. Müller 1776
unpublished
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla sp. Böhm 1920 scallop
Weyla (Weyla) bodenbenderi Behrendsen 1891 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite
unpublished