Where: British Columbia, Canada (56.1° N, 120.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 40.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pardonet Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. McRoberts. 1992. Systematics and paleobiogeography of Late Triassic Gryphaea (Bivalvia) from the North American Cordillera. Journal of Paleontology 66(1):28-39 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69496: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gryphaea (Gryphaea) arcuataeformis Kiparisova 1936 oyster |