GSC loc. 42091 - Mount Robson (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.1° N, 119.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 53.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: mechanical,

• E. W. Mountjoy, 1960.

Primary reference: M. Aberhan. 1998. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of western Canada. Part I. Subclasses Palaeotaxodonta, Pteriomorpha, and Isofilibranchia. Beringeria 21:57-150 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53470: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 09.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
unpublished
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eopecten hartzi Rosenkrantz 1957 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla (Lywea) yukonensis Aberhan 1998 scallop
several valves
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop