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
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 indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram | |
? Endothyridae indet.3 Brady 1884 | |
? Spiroplectammina sp. Cushman 1927 | |
Echinoidea | |
Levicidaris sp. Kier 1977 sea urchin
Triadocidaris sp. Döderlein 1887 sea urchin | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula" suttonensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 | |
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949 | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana silicea pointed nut clam | |
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Catella tyaughtonae McLearn 1942 clam | |
Plicatula perimbricata Gabb 1870 scallop | |
Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862 oyster | |
Crassatellidae indet. FĂ©russac 1822 clam | |
"Astarte cf. incae" = Nicaniella incae
"Astarte cf. incae" = Nicaniella incae Jaworski 1922 clam | |
Tutcheria densestriata Koerner 1937 clam | |
? Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841 clam | |
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam | |
Septocardia typica Hall and Whitfield 1877 cockle | |
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam | |
Actinodontophoridae indet. Newell 1969 clam | |
Myophorigonia multicostata, Minetrigonia suttonensis, "Myophoria columbiana" = Maoritrigonia columbiana
Minetrigonia suttonensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 clam
"Myophoria columbiana" = Maoritrigonia columbiana McLearn 1942 clam | |
Erugonia sp. Newton et al. 1987 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aulacocerida indet. Stolley 1919 belemnite | |
Choristoceras sp. Hauer 1865 ceratite | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Anthozoa | |
Gablonzeria profunda Reuss 1854 stony coral
Gablonzeria major Frech 1890 stony coral | |
"Retiophyllia suttonensis" = Retiophyllia clathrata Emmrich 1853 stony coral
Retiophyllia dawsoni Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral
Distichophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral | |
Chondrocoenia ohmanni1, "Cyathocoenia schafhaeutli" = Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli, "Cyathocoenia idahoensis" = Chondrocoenia idahoensis, "Actinastraea (cf. Actinastraea) idahoensis" = Chondrocoenia idahoensis3
"Cyathocoenia schafhaeutli" = Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Winckler 1861 stony coral
"Cyathocoenia idahoensis" = Chondrocoenia idahoensis Squires 1956 stony coral | |
"Kuhnastraea cowichanensis" = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis, Pamiroseris smithi
"Kuhnastraea cowichanensis" = Ampakabastraea cowichanensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral Guembelastraea cowichanensis
Pamiroseris smithi stony coral | |
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
"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 | |
""Thecosmilia" suttonensis" = Phacelophyllia suttonensis3
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Guembelastraea whiteavesi Clapp and Shimer 1911 stony coral | |
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Cyathocoenia squiresi Stanley 1986 stony coral | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Demospongiae | |
? Euepirrhysia sp. Dieci et al. 1968 demosponge | |
Thaumastocoelia sp. Steinmann 1882 demosponge | |
Heteractinida | |
? Nucha vancouverensis n. sp.4
? Nucha vancouverensis n. sp.4 |