Where: Yukon, Canada (68.3° N, 137.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 51.7° N, 50.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kingak Formation, Pliensbachian (192.9 - 184.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: T.P. Poulton. 1991. Hettangian through Aalenian (Jurassic) guide fossils and biostratigraphy, Northern Yukon and adjacent Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin (410)1-95 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34183: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 21.08.2003
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Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
"Seirocrinus" sp. Gislen 1924 Sea lily | |
Bivalvia | |
? Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
? Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
Harpax laevigatus scallop | |
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
? Pleuroceras sp. Hyatt 1868 ammonite
Amaltheus stokesi Sowerby 1818 ammonite
Amaltheus bifurcus Howarth 1958 ammonite | |
"Belemnoteuthis sp." = Acanthoteuthis
"Belemnoteuthis sp." = Acanthoteuthis Wagner in Munster 1839 belemnite |