Lake Cowichan, Southern Vancouver Island, Britisch Columbia (Triassic of Canada)

Also known as Reef 49

Where: British Columbia, Canada (48.9° N, 124.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 59.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Crickmayi ammonoid zone, Sutton Member (Parson Bay Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• crickmayi zone - now dated as late Rhaetian. Assigned to Norian by Stanley (1989) and in coll. 33392

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone and lithified limestone

• Allochthonous terrane

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Complete faunal list with updated names

Primary reference: G. D. Stanley. 1989. An Upper Triassic reefal limestone, southern Vancouver Island, B.C. In H. H. J. Geldsetzer, N. P. James, and G. E. Tebbutt (eds.), Reefs, Canada and adjacent areas. Canadian Soc. Petrol. Geologists, Memoir 13:766-776 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45379: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.10.2004, edited by Sarah Kolbe and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
  - Spiroplectamminidae
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Triadocidaridae
Zardinechinus sp.2 Kier 1977 sea urchin
"unit 9 of Stanley, 1989" (USNM 398520)
Levicidaris sp. Kier 1977 sea urchin
Parvicidaris sp.2 Smith 1994 sea urchin
"unpublished Kier Ms (see Stanley, 1989)"
Triadocidaris sp. Döderlein 1887 sea urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" suttonensis Clapp and Shimer 1911
 Rhynchonellida -
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana silicea pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Catella tyaughtonae McLearn 1942 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula perimbricata Gabb 1870 scallop
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862 oyster
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. FĂ©russac 1822 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
"Astarte cf. incae" = Nicaniella incae
"Astarte cf. incae" = Nicaniella incae Jaworski 1922 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Tutcheria densestriata Koerner 1937 clam
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
? Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Septocardia typica Hall and Whitfield 1877 cockle
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam
 Unionida - Actinodontophoridae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Minetrigonia suttonensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 clam
"Myophoria columbiana" = Maoritrigonia columbiana McLearn 1942 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Erugonia sp. Newton et al. 1987 clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Cephalopoda
 Coleoidea -
Aulacocerida indet. Stolley 1919 belemnite
 Ceratitida - Choristoceratidae
Choristoceras sp. Hauer 1865 ceratite
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Gablonzeriidae
Gablonzeria profunda Reuss 1854 stony coral
Gablonzeria major Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
"Retiophyllia suttonensis" = Retiophyllia clathrata Emmrich 1853 stony coral
Retiophyllia dawsoni Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral
Distichophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Chondrocoenia ohmanni1, "Cyathocoenia schafhaeutli" = Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli, "Cyathocoenia idahoensis" = Chondrocoenia idahoensis, "Actinastraea (cf. Actinastraea) idahoensis" = Chondrocoenia idahoensis3
Chondrocoenia ohmanni1 Frech 1890 stony coral
"Cyathocoenia schafhaeutli" = Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Winckler 1861 stony coral
"Cyathocoenia idahoensis" = Chondrocoenia idahoensis Squires 1956 stony coral
"Actinastraea (cf. Actinastraea) idahoensis" = Chondrocoenia idahoensis3 Squires 1956 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
"Kuhnastraea cowichanensis" = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis, Pamiroseris smithi
"Kuhnastraea cowichanensis" = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral
Guembelastraea cowichanensis
Pamiroseris smithi stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha confusa Winckler 1861 stony coral
ssp. minor
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
"Guembelastraea vancouverensis" = Meandrostylis vancouverensis, "Coccophyllum acanthophorum" = Anthostylis acanthophora
"Guembelastraea vancouverensis" = Meandrostylis vancouverensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral
"Coccophyllum acanthophorum" = Anthostylis acanthophora Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae
""Thecosmilia" suttonensis" = Phacelophyllia suttonensis3
""Thecosmilia" suttonensis" = Phacelophyllia suttonensis3 Duncan 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae
Guembelastraea whiteavesi Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria smithi3 Squires 1956 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pinacophyllidae
Cyathocoenia squiresi Stanley 1986 stony coral
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae
? Euepirrhysia sp. Dieci et al. 1968 demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Thaumastocoelia sp. Steinmann 1882 demosponge
Heteractinida
 Octactinellida - Nuchidae