GSC loc. C-86676 - Tulsequah: Late/Upper Pliensbachian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Weyla (Weyla) bodenbenderi
(Behrendsen 1891)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astartidae indet.
d'Orbigny 1844
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Aberhan 1993 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya sp.
Sowerby 1823
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Aberhan 1993 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Vaugonia sp.
Crickmay 1930
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Aberhan 1993 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 58.7° North, 132.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.7° North, 73.8° 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 |
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: | body,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: | 53805 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-14 06:55:53 | Last modified: | 2006-04-06 05:49:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-14 06:55:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information