Kennecott Point, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, Section A 09: Liasicus, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
Discamphiceras aff. antiquum Guex 1980
(3 measurements)
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Juraphyllitidae
Togaticeras togatum (Neumayr 1879)
(11 measurements)
Nevadaphyllites sp. Guex 1980
(1 measurement)
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Nevadaphyllites psilomorphus (Neumayr 1879)
original and current combination Phylloceras psilomorphum
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 53.9° North, 133.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.8° South, 128.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Hettangian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
Key time interval:Liasicus
Age range of interval:201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sandilands
Stratigraphy comments: Mulleri and Occidentalis zones
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,black,gray,blue lithified siltstone
Secondary lithology:lenticular,fine,medium,tuffaceous lithified sandstone
Lithology description: It is typically composed of thinly bedded dark shale and dark grey or blue siltstone. Fine to medium grained sandstone, tuffaceous beds and limestone beds, lenses and concretions are common.
Environment:basinal (siliciclastic) Tectonic setting:back-arc basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:84929
Authorizer:J. Pálfy Enterer:M. Bosnakoff
Modifier:A. Nigam Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-18 05:15:22 Last modified:2013-07-16 15:34:47
Access level:the public Released:2008-11-18 05:15:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28435.fossil record L. M. Longridge, J. Pálfy, P. L. Smith and H. W. Tipper. 2008. Middle and late Hettangian (Early Jurassic) ammonites from the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve 27(1):191-248 [J. Pálfy/M. Bosnakoff]