GSC loc. C-86513 - Tulsequah: Late/Upper Pliensbachian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Hildoceratidae
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Arieticeras sp.
Seguenza 1885
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small specimens; Frebold 1980 | ||||||||||
Protogrammoceras sp.
Spath 1913
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Frebold 1980 | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon groeberi
Damborenea 1987
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Protocardia sp.
(Beyrich 1845)
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Aberhan 1993 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Goniomya sp.
Agassiz 1842
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Aberhan 1993 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
Coordinates: | 58.7° North, 133.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.6° North, 73.9° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
Stage: | Pliensbachian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 2 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliensbachian | ||
Age range of interval: | 192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" | ||
Lithology description: The Takwahoni Fm is a thick (3350 m) assemblage of interbedded conglomerate, greywacke, silstone, and shale. | |||
Environment: | open shallow subtidal | Tectonic setting: | back-arc basin |
Geology comments: Coarse grained, near-shore Takwahoni Fm. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | mechanical,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | GSC |
Collection method comments: H. W. Tipper, 1979. |
Metadata
Database number: | 53109 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2005-09-06 04:29:43 | Last modified: | 2006-04-06 05:34:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-06 04:29:43 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information