USGS Mesozoic loc. 19785: Toarcian, Alaska
collected by L.B. Kellum 1944
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Myophorella alaskaensis
Poulton 1979
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 57.4° North, 156.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.7° North, 83.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Toarcian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 184.20000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kialagvik | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Toarcian, Hammatoceras beds, Kialagvik Formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | L.B. Kellum | Collection dates: | 1944 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 139541 | ||
| Authorizer: | G. Stanley | Enterer: | H. Shepherd |
| Modifier: | H. Shepherd | ||
| Created: | 2013-02-13 09:51:09 | Last modified: | 2013-02-15 16:55:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-02-13 09:51:09 |
| 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] |