GSC loc. 82900 - Nootka Sound (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.9° N, 127.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 122.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 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,

• J. E. Muller, 1968.

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 53793: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 14.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla (Weyla) bodenbenderi Behrendsen 1891 scallop