GSC 42351, Liard River (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (59.3° N, 125.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° N, 40.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: sutherlandi ammonoid zone, Liard Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• subzone 2

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E.T. Tozer in 1960; reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137391: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Nathorstitidae
Nathorstites macconnelli Whiteaves 1889 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Lobitidae
Lobites ellipticus Hauer 1860 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Frankites sutherlandi McLearn 1947 ceratite
Zestoceras lorigae Mietto and Manfrin 2008 ceratite