GSC loc. 28500 - Glenlyon (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: Yukon, Canada (62.4° N, 134.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 76.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• Sinemurian probably

• 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,

• J. O. Wheeler, 1956.

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 53744: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 14.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla (Weyla) alata von Buch 1838 scallop
Weyla (Lywea) yukonensis Aberhan 1998 scallop