GSC loc. 21402 - Edson (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (53.3° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 53.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 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, 1952.

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 53373: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 09.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Poulton 1993
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp.1 Meek 1873 clam
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla sp.2 Böhm 1920 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eopecten hartzi Rosenkrantz 1957 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Limea (Pseudolimea) hettangiensis" = Pseudolimea hettangiensis
"Limea (Pseudolimea) hettangiensis" = Pseudolimea hettangiensis Terquem 1855 file clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp.1 Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Ostreoida -
"Ostreoida indet." = Ostreida1
"Ostreoida indet." = Ostreida1 Fërussac 1822 oyster
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Poulton 1993