GSC loc. 7206: Early/Lower Oxfordian, Canada
collected by Leach 1910
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Vaugonia doroschini
(Eichwald 1871)
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original and current combination Trigonia doroschini | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 54.8° North, 127.2° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.7° North, 72.9° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Oxfordian | ||
Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Bowser Lake | Member: | Lille | ||
Stratigraphy comments: Probably Lower Oxfordian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray lithified siltstone |
Secondary lithology: | gray "shale" |
Lithology description: muJA ASHMAN FORMATION: dark grey, thin-bedded siltstone and shale; with lenses of chert-pebble conglomerate and compositionally similar fine to coarse sandstone; late Bajocian to early Oxfordian. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Leach | Collection dates: | 1910 |
Metadata
Database number: | 126976 | ||
Authorizer: | G. Stanley | Enterer: | H. Shepherd |
Modifier: | H. Shepherd | ||
Created: | 2012-04-21 06:08:05 | Last modified: | 2013-01-28 16:37:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-04-21 06:08:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
40842. | T. P. Poulton. 1979. Jurassic Trigoniid Bivalves from Canada and Western United States of America. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 282 [G. Stanley/H. Shepherd/H. Shepherd] |