Klaskino Inlet, Welleri Zone, Vancouver Island (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (50.2° N, 127.9° W: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 119.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lenticular limestone and shelly/skeletal, black mixed carbonate-siliciclastic

• The collection is from one of the five main lenticular dark limestone beds with black Halobia-rich lime-shale

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 49706: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 24.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Anamotites cf. knowltoni
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Arcestes sp.
Arcestes sp. Suess 1865 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Haloritidae
Sagenites cf. herbichi
Sagenites cf. herbichi Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Discotropites sp., Gymnotropites cf. californicus, Tropites sp., Tropites welleri
Discotropites sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
Gymnotropites cf. californicus Smith 1927 ceratite
Tropites sp. Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
Tropites welleri Smith 1927 ceratite
zone fossil
 Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
"Juvavites cf. strongi" = Projuvavites strongi
"Juvavites cf. strongi" = Projuvavites strongi Smith 1927 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Pamphagosirenites cf. pamphagus
Pamphagosirenites cf. pamphagus Dittmar 1866 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Klamathitidae
Dieneria sp.
Dieneria sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia sp.
Halobia sp. Bronn 1830 oyster