Where: Yukon, Canada (68.6° N, 138.3° W: paleocoordinates 66.1° N, 53.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kingak Formation, Aalenian (174.1 - 170.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale
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 34186: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 21.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Planammatoceras sp., Erycitoides howelli, Erycitoides kialagvikensis, ? Erycitoides sp., "Planammatoceras (? Pseudaptetoceras) sp." = Pseudaptetoceras
Planammatoceras sp. ammonite
Erycitoides howelli ammonite
Erycitoides kialagvikensis ammonite
? Erycitoides sp. Westermann 1964 ammonite
"Planammatoceras (? Pseudaptetoceras) sp." = Pseudaptetoceras Géczy 1966 ammonite | |
Pseudolioceras mclintocki ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Inoceramus (Mytiloceramus) cf. polyplocus" = Mytiloceramus polyplocus
"Inoceramus (Mytiloceramus) cf. polyplocus" = Mytiloceramus polyplocus Roemer 1857 clam |