GSC loc. C-81972 - Spatsizi River: Early/Lower Pliensbachian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Acanthopleuroceras cf. stahli (Oppel 1856)
recombined as Tropidoceras stahli
unpublished
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. (Beyrich 1845)
Aberhan 1993
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartidae indet. d'Orbigny 1844
Aberhan 1993
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Weyla (Weyla) bodenbenderi (Behrendsen 1891)
Weyla (Lywea) unca (Philippi 1899)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) sp. Roding 1798
Aberhan 1995
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Ctenostreon cf. rugosum (Smith 1817)
1 individual
original and current combination Ostrea rugosa
Limea (Pseudolimea) duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
4 individuals
recombined as Pseudolimea duplicata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum (Young and Bird 1828)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) sp. Meek and Hayden 1860
Aberhan 1995
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
unpublished
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 57.7° North, 128.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.2° North, 71.1° 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:Early/Lower Pliensbachian
Age range of interval:192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Fragmentation:occasional
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, 1985.
Metadata
Database number:53352
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-09-09 00:49:31 Last modified:2005-09-16 04:10:22
Access level:the public Released:2005-09-09 00:49:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

14836 M. Aberhan. 1993. [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]
14835 M. Aberhan. 1995. [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]