Wolfville vertebrate assemblage: Carnian, Canada
collected by D. Baird

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anomodontia
Kannemeyeriidae indet. Huene 1948
Olsen et al. 1989
    = Dicynodontia indet. Owen 1859
Fröbisch 2009
Weathered occiput and braincase
Reptilia - Procolophonidae
aff. Hypsognathus sp. Gilmore 1928
Reptilia
cf. Fabrosaurus sp. Ginsburg 1964
1 specimen
    = Ornithischia indet. Seeley 1888
Galton 1983
    = Fabrosauridae indet. Galton 1972
Olsen et al. 1989
"new species"; NSM 004 GF 012.001, partial maxilla
    = Archosauriformes indet. Gauthier 1986
Irmis et al. 2007
? Coelophysis sp. Cope 1889
    = cf. Coelophysis sp. Cope 1889
Olsen et al. 1989
    = Archosauriformes indet. Gauthier 1986
Sues and Fraser 2010
"no indisputably dinosaurian remains have been recovered from the Wolfville Formation to date"
cf. Halticosaurus sp. Huene 1908
nomen dubium belonging to Theropoda
Prosauropoda indet. Huene 1920
teeth and postcranial fragments
Aetosauridae indet. Baur 1887
    = Stegomus sp. Marsh 1896
Olsen et al. 1989
    = Aetosauria indet. Lydekker 1889
Sues and Fraser 2010
"as yet unidentified aetosaurs"
Aetosauridae indet. Baur 1887
    = cf. Stagonolepis sp. Agassiz 1844
Olsen et al. 1989
    = Aetosauria indet. Lydekker 1889
Sues and Fraser 2010
"as yet unidentified aetosaurs"
Reptilia - Rauisuchidae
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
large teeth
    = Rauisuchidae indet. Huene 1942
Olsen and Baird 1986
Reptilia
cf. Hyperodapedon sp. Huxley 1859
    = Hyperodapedon sp. Huxley 1859
Olsen et al. 1989
    = Scaphonyx sp. Woodward 1907
Hunt and Lucas 1991
nomen dubium belonging to Hyperodapedon
Reptilia - Trilophosauridae
Trilophosauridae indet. Gregory 1945
"A short-skulled new genus"
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Stereospondyli indet. von Zittel 1887
1 individual
    = Metoposaurus bakeri Case 1931
Olsen and Baird 1986
YPM PU 21742, skull roof impression
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820
Olsen et al. 1989
Branchiopoda - Cyzicidae
Cyzicus sp. Audouin 1837
Olsen et al. 1989
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45.2° North, 64.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.6° North, 6.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Carnian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chatham Formation:Wolfville
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:D. Baird
Metadata
Database number:107286
Authorizer:R. Butler, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Butler, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-04-04 02:32:25 Last modified:2017-07-19 13:02:52
Access level:the public Released:2011-04-04 02:32:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
57902. R. L. Carroll, E. S. Belt, D. L. Dineley, D. Baird, and D. C. McGregor. 1972. In D. J. Glass (ed.), Guidebook: Excursion A59. Vertebrate Palaeontology of Eastern Canada 1-113 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

31017 D. Baird. 1986. Some Upper Triassic reptiles, footprints and an amphibian from New Jersey. The Mosasaur 3:125-153 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]
33223 J. Fröbisch. 2009. Composition and similarity of global anomodont-bearing tetrapod faunas. Earth-Science Reviews 95:119-157 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
44704 P. M. Galton. 1983. The oldest ornithischian dinosaurs in North America from the Late Triassic of Nova Scotia, N.C., and Pa. Geological Society of America 18th Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section, Kiamesha Lake, NY. Abstracts with Programs 15(3):122 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30943 A. P. Hunt. 1993. Revision of the Metoposauridae (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) and description of a new genus from western North America. In M. Morales (ed.), Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 59:67-97 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Uhen]
35714 A. P. Hunt and S. G. Lucas. 1991. A new rhynchosaur from the Upper Triassic of West Texas, and the biochronology of Late Triassic rhynchosaurs. Palaeontology 34(4):927-938 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
32304 R. B. Irmis, W. G. Parker, S. J. Nesbitt and J. Liu. 2007. Early ornithischian dinosaurs: the Triassic record. Historical Biology 19(1):3-22 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]
32648 M. Langer, M. Boniface, G. Cuny and L. Barbieri. 2000. The phylogenetic position of Isalorhynchus genovefae, a Late Triassic rhynchosaur from Madagascar. Annales de Paléontologie 86(2):101-127 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
14907ETE P. E. Olsen and D. Baird. 1986. The ichnogenus Atreipus and its significance for Triassic biostratigraphy. In: K. Padian (ed.), The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Changes Across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 61-87 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]
35713 P. E. Olsen, R. W. Schlische, and P. J. W. Gore. 1989. Tectonic, depositional, and palaeoecological history of early Mesozoic rift basins, eastern North America. International Geological Congress, Guidebooks for Field Trips T351. 1-174 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
35719 H.-D. Sues and N. C. Fraser. 2010. Triassic Life on Lond: the Great Transition 1-236 [R. Butler/R. Butler]