GSC C-157373, Kunghit Island (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (52.1° N, 131.1° W: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 122.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: welleri ammonoid zone, Peril Formation, Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)

• subzone 2

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M.J. Orchard party in 1987; reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56878: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 28.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Cycloceltitidae
Neotenoceras simplex n. sp. Tozer 1994 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Discotropites theron Dittmar 1866 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Pamphagosirenites pacificus Tozer 1994 ceratite