Jackson Unit in British Columbia (Jurassic to of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.7° N, 126.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.0° N, 119.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• Jackson Unit

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, bioturbated conglomerate and lithified, bioturbated sandstone

• Sandstone or conglomerate: chert pebbles randomly oriented, low-angle cross-bedded sandstones, oriented fossil logs, abundant marine bivalves, minor ammonites, belemnites.

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: S. E. MacLeod and L. V. Hills. 1990. Conformable Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) to Early Cretaceous Strata, northern Bowser Basin, British Columbia: a sedimentological and paleontological model. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 27:989-998 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/D. Schramm]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41194: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Danielle Schramm on 08.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Venerecyprina sp.
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis sp.
Belemnopsis sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Vaugonia doroschini
Vaugonia doroschini Eichwald 1871 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina sp., Staffinella sp.
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
Staffinella sp. Casey 1952 clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Eocallista regularis
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Anopaea sp.
Anopaea sp. Eichwald 1861 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Mclearnia sp., Camptonectes sp.
Mclearnia sp. Crickmay 1930 scallop
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia piochii, Buchia fischeriana, Buchia mosquensis, Buchia concentrica
Buchia piochii Gabb 1864 scallop
Buchia fischeriana d'Orbigny 1845 scallop
Buchia mosquensis White 1885 scallop
Buchia concentrica White 1888 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma sp., "Hypoxytoma sp." = Oxytoma (Hypoxytoma)
Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop
"Hypoxytoma sp." = Oxytoma (Hypoxytoma) scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Somapecten sp.
 Ichnofossils -
Diplocraterion sp., Planolites sp., Chondrites sp., Teichichnus sp.
Diplocraterion sp. Torell 1870
Planolites sp. Nicholson 1873
Chondrites sp. von Sternberg 1833
Teichichnus sp. Seilacher 1955