Lake Cowichan unit 8 (Triassic of Canada)

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

• Limestone, gray, thick-bedded

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
 Coleoidea -
Aulacocerida indet. Stolley 1919 belemnite
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Costatoria sp. Waagen 1907 clam