Tahsis Inlet, Vancouver Island, Parsons Bay (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.9° N, 126.7° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 122.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Parsons Bay Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• S. Wrangellia Terrane

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: chemical, acetic,

Primary reference: A. H. Caruthers and G. D. Stanley , Jr. 2008. Systematic analysis of upper triassic silicified scleractinian corals from Wrangellia and the Alexander Terrane, Alaska and British Columbia. Journal of Paleontology 82(3):470-491 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82665: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 31.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Campesteria prolixia Caruthers and Stanley 2008 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Distichomeandra austriaca Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Anthostylis cf. acanthophora Frech 1890 stony coral