GSC 94040, Manuel Creek Fm, Murray Ridge, Northwest Territories (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (68.0° N, 136.4° W: paleocoordinates 61.6° N, 58.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Manual Creek Formation (Bug Creek Group), Aalenian (174.1 - 170.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and siltstone

• Table 1 gives broad lithological descriptions of formations within the study area. The Manuel Creek Fm is predominantly shale, siltstone and sandstone.

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 34232: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 22.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae
Erycitoides sp.
Erycitoides sp. Westermann 1964 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Pseudolioceras mclintocki
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet.
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
? Corbicula sp.
? Corbicula sp. Megerle 1811 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp.
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Modiolus sp.
? Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp.
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
? Eopecten sp., ? Chlamys sp.
? Eopecten sp. Douvillé 1897 scallop
? Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma sp.
Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp.
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
"Propeamussium (Propeamussium) patriciae" = Propeamussium (Striatoamussium) patriciae
"Propeamussium (Propeamussium) patriciae" = Propeamussium (Striatoamussium) patriciae Poulton 1991 mud scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp.
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop