GSC 98558, Cairn 6266 (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (55.8° N, 122.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 54.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: cordilleranus ammonoid zone, Pardonet Formation, Sevatian (212.0 - 205.6 Ma)

• subzone 1

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E.T. Tozer party in 1981; 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 141714: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.03.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Choristoceratidae
Rhabdoceras suessi Hauer 1860 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Cycloceltitidae
Ophiorhabdoceras canadense n. sp. Tozer 1994 ceratite