Cape Blomidon tracksite: Carnian - Norian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Rhynchosauroides cf. brunswicki
Reptilia - Grallatoridae
"Anchisauripus" milfordensis (Bock 1952)
synonym of Grallator tuberosus
"new genus"
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45.2° North, 64.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.0° North, 11.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Key time interval:Carnian - Norian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chatham Formation:Wolfville/Blomidon
Stratigraphic resolution:group
Stratigraphy comments: several fossiliferous horizons
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:187199
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-07-17 15:57:50 Last modified:2017-07-17 15:57:50
Access level:the public Released:2017-07-17 15:57:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

62791. P. E. Olsen. 1981. Comment on ‘Eolian dune field of Late Triassic age, Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia’. Geology 9(12):557-559 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]