beach cove east of Noel Head ("Leptopleuron"): Carnian, Canada
collected by D. Baird & B. Cameron 1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Procolophonidae
|
||||||||||
Procolophonidae indet.
Lydekker 1889
|
1 specimen | |||||||||
= Leptopleuron sp.
Owen 1851
|
Baird and Olsen 1983 | |||||||||
NSM 996GF82.1, incomplete skull and associated postcranial bones | ||||||||||
= Scoloparia glyphanodon
Sues and Baird 1998
|
Sues and Baird 1998 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nova Scotia | County: | Hants County |
Coordinates: | 45.3° North, 63.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 10.7° North, 6.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 - 228.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | D. Baird & B. Cameron | Collection dates: | 19 July 1964 |
Metadata
Database number: | 89078 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Butler, M. Carrano | Enterer: | R. Butler, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2009-05-04 05:20:54 | Last modified: | 2017-07-19 13:20:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-05-04 05:20:54 |
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:
29894 | D. Baird and P. E. Olsen. 1983. Late Triassic herpetofauna from the Wolfville Fm. of the Minas Basin (Fundy Basin) Nova Scotia, Can. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 15:122 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
26919 | H.-D. Sues and D. Baird. 1998. Procolophonidae (Reptilia: Parareptilia) from the Upper Triassic Wolfville Formation of Nova Scotia, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):525-532 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch/J. Alroy] |