GSC 10660, Liard River (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (59.4° N, 124.9° W: paleocoordinates 29.2° N, 34.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: caurus ammonoid zone, Toad Formation, Aegean (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 43796: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 26.08.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae
"Leiophyllites kindlei n. sp." = Stenophyllites kindlei
"Leiophyllites kindlei n. sp." = Stenophyllites kindlei McLearn 1946 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
"Acrochordiceras (Paracrochordiceras) americanum" = Paracrochordiceras americanum
"Acrochordiceras (Paracrochordiceras) americanum" = Paracrochordiceras americanum McLearn 1946 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Longobarditidae
"Hungarites bufonis n. sp." = Azarianites bufonis, Grambergia liardensis, "Hungarites nahwisi n. sp." = Grambergia nahwisi, "Hungarites caurus n. sp." = Lenotropites caurus, "Hungarites boreas n. sp." = Lenotropites caurus
"Hungarites bufonis n. sp." = Azarianites bufonis McLearn 1948 ceratite
Grambergia liardensis Tozer 1994 ceratite
"Hungarites nahwisi n. sp." = Grambergia nahwisi McLearn 1948 ceratite
"Hungarites caurus n. sp." = Lenotropites caurus McLearn 1948 ceratite
"Hungarites boreas n. sp." = Lenotropites caurus McLearn 1948 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Sturiidae
Sturia sansovinii Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
"Gymnites hollandi n. sp." = Discogymnites hollandi
"Gymnites hollandi n. sp." = Discogymnites hollandi McLearn 1948 ceratite