Pine River Section, Pardonet Formation (Triassic of Canada)

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

• silty limestone and calcareous sitstones and mudstones

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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea (Gryphaea) arcuataeformis Kiparisova 1936 oyster