Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.9° N, 124.3° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 59.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: crickmayi ammonoid zone, Sutton Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by C.H. Clapp in 1908, 1909; reposited in the GSC
Primary reference: C. H. Clapp and H. W. Shimer. 1911. The Sutton Jurassic of the Vancouver group, Vancouver Island. Boston Society of Natural History Proceedings 34:426-438 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33392: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 28.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Calamophyllia suttonensis n. sp." = Retiophyllia clathrata, "Calamophyllia dawsoni n. sp." = Retiophyllia dawsoni
"Calamophyllia suttonensis n. sp." = Retiophyllia clathrata Emmrich 1853 stony coral
"Calamophyllia dawsoni n. sp." = Retiophyllia dawsoni Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral | |
"Isastrea cowichanensis n. sp." = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis
"Isastrea cowichanensis n. sp." = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral | |
"Isastrea whiteavesi n. sp." = Guembelastraea whiteavesi
"Isastrea whiteavesi n. sp." = Guembelastraea whiteavesi Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral | |
"Isastrea vancouverensis n. sp." = Meandrostylis vancouverensis
"Isastrea vancouverensis n. sp." = Meandrostylis vancouverensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
"Myophoria suttonensis n. sp." = Minetrigonia suttonensis
"Myophoria suttonensis n. sp." = Minetrigonia suttonensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Choristoceras suttonensis n. sp." = Vandaites suttonensis
"Choristoceras suttonensis n. sp." = Vandaites suttonensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 ceratite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula" suttonensis n. sp.
"Terebratula" suttonensis n. sp. Clapp and Shimer 1911 |