Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.9° N, 124.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 59.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Crickmayi ammonoid zone, Sutton Member (Parson Bay Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• crickmayi zone - now dated as late Rhaetian. Assigned to Norian by Stanley (1989) and in coll. 33392
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Complete faunal list with updated names
Primary reference: G. D. Stanley, Jr. 1979. Paleoecology, structure, and distribution of Triassic coral buildups in western North America. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 65:1-68 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100472: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 09.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Aulacocerida indet. Stolley 1919 belemnite | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Costatoria sp. Waagen 1907 clam |