Tsulten River tributary, Vancouver Island (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (50.5° N, 126.9° W: paleocoordinates 6.0° S, 65.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Parson Bay Formation, Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)

• Welleri Zone [JA: originally entered as Carnian; the Dilleri and Welleri zones are both Tuvalian according to Lucas et al. 2012]

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray limestone

• Dark gray nonfissile limestone bed 10 to 12 inches (25-30cm) thick and adjacent lens within black lime-shale of the lower Parson Bay Formation

Primary reference: D. Carlisle and T. Susuki. 1974. Emergent basalt and submergent carbonate-clastic sequences including the Upper Triassic Dilleri and Welleri Zones on Vancouver Island. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 11:254-279 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49700: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 24.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Tropites sp., Tropites cf. welleri
Tropites sp. Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
Tropites cf. welleri Smith 1927 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
Juvavites cf. knowltoni
Juvavites cf. knowltoni Smith 1927 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia sp.
Halobia sp. Bronn 1830 oyster