GSC loc. C-90902 - Spatsizi River: Ibex, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae
Metaderoceras talkeetnaense Thomson and Smith 1992
Dubariceras freboldi Dommergues et al. 1984
Dubariceras silviesi (Hertlein 1925)
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Aberhan 1998
unpublished
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Aberhan 1993
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. (Beyrich 1845)
Aberhan 1993
Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841
Aberhan 1993
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Weyla (Weyla) bodenbenderi (Behrendsen 1891)
Aberhan 1998
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Radulonectites sosneadoensis (Weaver 1931)
Aberhan 1998 2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea (Pseudolimea) duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
Aberhan 1998 1 individual
recombined as Pseudolimea duplicata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum (Young and Bird 1828)
Aberhan 1998
Bivalvia - Ostreida
Ostreoida indet. FĂ«russac 1822
Aberhan 1993
corrected as Ostreida
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillaria pallas (Leanza 1942)
Aberhan 1998 3 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 57.5° North, 128.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° North, 71.0° 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:Ibex Ammonoid zone: Freboldi
Age range of interval:192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Hazelton Formation:Spatsizi Member:Joan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Freboldi Zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Geology comments: The Joan Fm. contains a diverse bivalve fauna that indicates a relatively shallow to moderately deep water environment of deposition, corresponding to composite assemblage depth zones B and C of Taylor (1982).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Metadata
Database number:53182
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-09-07 01:39:31 Last modified:2014-09-14 11:10:32
Access level:the public Released:2005-09-07 01:39:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15007. R. C. Thomson and P. L. Smith. 1992. Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) biostratigraphy and ammonite fauna of the Spatsizi area, north-central British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 437:1-87 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

14836 M. Aberhan. 1993. [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]
14361 M. Aberhan. 1998. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of western Canada. Part I. Subclasses Palaeotaxodonta, Pteriomorpha, and Isofilibranchia. Beringeria 21:57-150 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]