Kennecott Point, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, Section A 06 (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.9° N, 133.2° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 128.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Sandilands Formation, Liasicus (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• Mulleri and Occidentalis zones

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, fine-grained, black, gray, blue siltstone and lithified, lenticular, fine-grained, medium, tuffaceous sandstone

• It is typically composed of thinly bedded dark shale and dark grey or blue siltstone. Fine to medium grained sandstone, tuffaceous beds and limestone beds, lenses and concretions are common.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: L. M. Longridge, J. Pálfy, P. L. Smith and H. W. Tipper. 2008. Middle and late Hettangian (Early Jurassic) ammonites from the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve 27(1):191-248 [J. Pálfy/M. Bosnakoff]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84926: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Mariann Bosnakoff on 18.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
Discamphiceras silberlingi, Discamphiceras aff. pleuronotum, Discamphiceras aff. antiquum, Euphyllites occidentalis
Discamphiceras silberlingi Guex 1980 ammonite
Discamphiceras aff. pleuronotum Canavari 1882 ammonite
Discamphiceras aff. antiquum Guex 1980 ammonite
Euphyllites occidentalis Guex 1980 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
Kammerkarites cf. praecoronoides, Kammerkarites cf. haploptychus, Kammerkarites cf. frigga
Kammerkarites cf. haploptychus Wahner 1882 ammonite
Kammerkarites cf. frigga Wahner 1884 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Pleuroacanthites charlottensis, Pleuroacanthites cf. biformis
Pleuroacanthites charlottensis Longridge et al. 2008 ammonite
Pleuroacanthites cf. biformis Sowerby 1831 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras asperaense
Phylloceras asperaense Hillebrandt 2000 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Juraphyllitidae
Nevadaphyllites aff. compressus, Fergusonites striatus, Paradasyceras carteri
Fergusonites striatus Guex 1980 ammonite
Paradasyceras carteri Longridge et al. 2008 ammonite