GSC loc. 85465, 85388, 85450, 85451, 85456 (Jurassic of Canada)

Also known as Tenas Creek

Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.5° N, 127.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 72.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Hazelton Group, Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• Lower Callovian

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by H. W. Tipper in 1970; reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: T. P. Poulton. 1979. Jurassic Trigoniid Bivalves from Canada and Western United States of America. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 282 [G. Stanley/H. Shepherd/H. Shepherd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139096: authorized by George Stanley, entered by Hannah Shepherd on 08.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Myophorella montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis
"Myophorella montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis Meek 1873 clam
Hypotypes GSC 43268 from 85456, others from 85450, 85465
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Anditrigonia plumasensis Hyatt 1892 clam
from GSC 85388, 85450, 85451, 85456
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Scaphotrigonia naviformis Hyatt 1892 clam
Hypotype GSC 43308 from 85450, others from 85456
Myophorella yellowstonensis Imlay 1964 clam
from GSC 85456, and possibly 85451