Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.8° N, 124.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.5° N, 59.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Parson Bay Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• S. Wrangellia Terrane
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collection methods: chemical, acetic,
Primary reference: A. H. Caruthers and G. D. Stanley , Jr. 2008. Systematic analysis of upper triassic silicified scleractinian corals from Wrangellia and the Alexander Terrane, Alaska and British Columbia. Journal of Paleontology 82(3):470-491 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82663: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 31.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Meandrostylis vancouverensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral | |
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Retiophyllia dawsoni Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral
Kuhnastraea incrassata Frech 1890 stony coral | |
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Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
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Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Winckler 1861 stony coral | |
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Recticostastraea wallowaensis Stanley, jr and Whalen 1989 stony coral | |
"Kuhnastraea cowichanensis" = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis, Campesteria prolixia
"Kuhnastraea cowichanensis" = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral | |