GSC 94050, Manuel Creek, Murray Ridge, northern Yukon (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: Yukon, Canada (68.0° N, 136.5° W: paleocoordinates 61.7° N, 58.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Manuel 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 34236: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 22.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet.
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya sp.
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
? Gresslya sp.
? Gresslya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
? Chlamys sp.
? Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp.
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium (Propeamussium) sp.
Propeamussium (Propeamussium) sp. Dall 1886 mud scallop
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus (Mytiloceramus) cf. polyplocus" = Mytiloceramus polyplocus
"Inoceramus (Mytiloceramus) cf. polyplocus" = Mytiloceramus polyplocus Roemer 1857 clam