Ophiuroidea, Old Crow Area (Cretaceous to of Canada)

Where: Yukon, Canada (67.3° N, 138.1° W: paleocoordinates 68.8° N, 70.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Berriasian to Berriasian (145.0 - 132.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep-water; shale and poorly lithified siltstone

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: J.X. Corgan. 1962. A Lower Cretaceous brittle-star from the Northern Yukon territory, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 36(5):1108-1111 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 80273: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 10.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Ophiura sp. Lamarck 1801 brittle star
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Aucella cf. okensis" = Buchia okensis, "Aucella crassicolis" = Buchia
"Aucella cf. okensis" = Buchia okensis Pavlow 1907 scallop
"Aucella crassicolis" = Buchia scallop