GSC C-117408, Mystery Creek (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as MVA(F)85-313

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.5° N, 121.9° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 68.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Buchia okensis other zone, Peninsula Formation, Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• Upper part of Buchia okensis Zone and lower Berriasian in terms of international standard stages

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: A. J. Arthur, P. L. Smith, J. W. H. Monger and H. W. Tipper. 1993. Mesozoic stratigraphy and Jurassic paleontology west of Harrison Lake, southwestern British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 441:1-62 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185082: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.04.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia uncitoides Pavlow 1907 scallop
var. spasskensoides and acutistriata
Buchia okensis Pavlow 1907 scallop