GSC 42402, Liard River (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (59.4° N, 125.0° W: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 34.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: hagei ammonoid zone, Toad Formation, Bithynian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

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

Collection methods: surface (float)

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 137518: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Hollandites liardensis n. sp. Tozer 1994 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Parapopanoceratidae
Stenopopanoceras obesum McLearn 1948 ceratite