GSC loc. 87554 (Jurassic of Canada)

Also known as 87536, 87538, 87541, 87543, 87550, 87556

Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.8° N, 127.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 42.4° N, 56.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Hazelton Group, Bajocian (170.9 - 168.2 Ma)

• Middle Bajocian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by T. P. Poulton in 1971; 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 139209: authorized by George Stanley, entered by Hannah Shepherd on 09.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Orthotrigonia ? sp. Cox 1952 clam
from GSC 87541
Myophorella dawsoni Whiteaves 1878 clam
GSC 43247 from 87543, others from 87541, 87550, 87554
Myophorella freboldi Poulton 1979 clam
Paratypes GSC 43251, 43253-43255 from GSC loc. 87541, GSC 43252, 43256 from GSC loc. 87554, others from 87538, 87556
Myophorella yellowstonensis Imlay 1964 clam
Hypotypes GSC 43258-43262 from GSC loc. 87541, GSC 43263 from 87554, others from 87538, 87556
Myophorella tipperi Poulton 1979 clam
Paratype GSC 43294 from 87541, others from 87554