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 | |
Weyla (Weyla) alata von Buch 1838 scallop
Weyla (Lywea) yukonensis Aberhan 1998 scallop |