GSC loc. 23030 - Calgary (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.3° N, 115.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 51.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Base Member (Fernie Formation), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Fernie Fm. consists of sandstones and shales.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: mechanical,

• H. Frebold, 1953.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53275: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 08.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Poulton 1993
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae
? Asteroceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
Poulton 1993
Bivalvia
 Ostreoida -
"Ostreoida indet." = Ostreida1
"Ostreoida indet." = Ostreida1 Fërussac 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) cf. folium Young and Bird 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla sp.2 Böhm 1920 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
? Radulonectites sp.2 Hayami 1957 scallop
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigoniidae indet.1 Lamarck 1819 clam
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet.1 Neumayr 1884 clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Poulton 1993