GSC 10659, Liard River (Triassic of Canada)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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 siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E.D. Kindle in 1943; reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: F. H. McLearn. 1969. Middle Triassic (Anisian) ammonoids from northeastern British Columbia and Ellesmere Island. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 170:1-90 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43795: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 26.08.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

• "Longobardites nevadanus" (Intornites spp.), Czekanowskites hayesi, and Anagymnites cf. lamarcki mentioned by McLearn but not by Tozer, 1994.
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Longobarditidae
"Longobardites mctaggarti n. sp." = Intornites mctaggarti
"Longobardites mctaggarti n. sp." = Intornites mctaggarti McLearn 1946 ceratite
"Labeled 10660 but possibly from 10659" according to Tozer 1994
 Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
"Parapinacoceras hagei" = Buddhaites hagei
"Parapinacoceras hagei" = Buddhaites hagei McLearn 1946 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Parapopanoceratidae
"Parapopanoceras obesum n. sp." = Stenopopanoceras obesum
"Parapopanoceras obesum n. sp." = Stenopopanoceras obesum McLearn 1948 ceratite