ammonites
GSC loc. 77062 - Rocky Mountain House (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (52.3° N, 117.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 52.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fernie Group, Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• Sinemurian(?)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Fernie Fm. consists of sandstones and shales.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: mechanical,

• N. C. Ollerenshaw, 1966.

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/S. Nurnberg] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53902: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 16.09.2005