Wasson Bluff, site K (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.4° N, 64.2° W: paleocoordinates 27.4° N, 13.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: McCoy Brook Formation (Meriden Group), Early/Lower Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: P. E. Olsen. 1989. Stop 11.3: Wasson Bluff. Paleontology. In P. E. Olsen, R. W. Schlische, & P. J. W. Gore (eds.), Tectonic, Depositional, and Paleoecological History of Early Mesozoic Rift Basins, Eastern North America. Gulf, North Carolina, USA to Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. July 20–30, 1989. International Geological Congress Field Trip T-351 159-161 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74208: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.07.2007, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Anchisauridae
cf. Ammosaurus sp.2 Marsh 1891 anchisaurid
articulated pelvic girdle and hindlimb
 Loricata - Protosuchidae
Protosuchus micmac3 Sues et al. 1996 crocodilian
 Eosuchia - Clevosauridae
Clevosaurus sp.2 Swinton 1939 lepidosaur
Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Tritheledontidae
Pachygenelus cf. monus1 Watson 1913 mammaliamorph