Where: British Columbia, Canada (56.6° N, 130.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 71.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)
• 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,
• G. W. H. Norman, Newmont Min., 1960.
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 53790: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 14.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Weyla (Weyla) bodenbenderi Behrendsen 1891 scallop |