Where: Yukon, Canada (61.9° N, 135.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 76.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 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,
• E. J. Lees, 1930.
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 53873: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 15.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Weyla (Lywea) yukonensis n. sp.
Weyla (Lywea) yukonensis n. sp. Aberhan 1998 scallop | |
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam | |
Trigoniidae indet. Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
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