Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.5° N, 120.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 39.4° N, 31.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member (Sulphur Mountain Formation), Griesbachian to Griesbachian (251.9 - 247.2 Ma)
• The exact horizon is not known but the specimen comes from the Lower Triassic Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation. The age is believed to be Griesbachian to mainly (early) Smithian (and possibly Spathian).
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1984-2004
• Repository: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa ON, Canada
Primary reference: R. J. Mutter, J. CartanyĆ , and S. A. U. Basaraba. 2008. New evidence of Saurichthys from the Lower Triassic with an evaluation of early saurichthyid diversity. In G. Arratia, H.-P. Schultze, M. V. H. Wilson (eds.), Mesozoic Fishes 4 - Homology and Phylogeny 4:103-127 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 148841: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 26.07.2013
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Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
"Saurichthys toxolepis n. sp." = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) toxolepis, "Saurichthys dayi" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) dayi
"Saurichthys toxolepis n. sp." = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) toxolepis Mutter et al. 2008 ray-finned fish CMN 12288, 12292
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