ammonites
Whiteaves Bay (D24-Fannin Fm), Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.2° N, 132.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° N, 126.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: carlottense zone, Fannin Formation (Maude Group), Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• for upper portion of the formation: sandstone; concretionary limestones, tuffs, breccias, and conglomerate lenses are locally developed (sample taken from sandstone horizon)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P.L. Smith and H. W. Tipper. 1996. Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) Ammonites of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 108(348):1-122 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32867: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 16.07.2003