GSC 23372, Cowichan Lake: Rhaetian, Canada
collected by E.T. Tozer 1953

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Choristoceratidae
Choristoceras suttonense (Clapp and Shimer 1911)
Tozer 1979
Rhabdoceras suessi Hauer 1860
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cycloceltitidae
Cycloceltites cowichanensis n. sp. Tozer 1994
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 48.9° North, 124.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.6° North, 59.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
Key time interval: Rhaetian Ammonoid zone:  crickmayi
Age range of interval: 208.5 - 201.4 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sutton Member:Unit 1
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Collectors:E.T. Tozer Collection dates:1953
Metadata
Database number:137113
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-12-10 12:45:09 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-10 12:45:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11541. E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]

Secondary references:

46258 E. T. Tozer. 1979. Latest Triassic ammonoid faunas and biochronology, western Canada. Current Research, Part B. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 79-1B:127-135 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]