Pardonet/Brown Hill - norian: Norian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae
Monotis subcircularis Gabb 1864
recombined as Monotis (Entomonotis) subcircularis
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
Malayites sp. Welter 1914
Gonionotites sp. Gemmellaro 1904
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Himavatites sp. Diener 1906
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 54.8° North, 130.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.4° South, 70.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pardonet
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Rocks are mainly grey calcareous quartzose sandstone with some limestone.
Environment:offshore shelf
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:43825
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:N. Bonuso
Modifier:N. Bonuso Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-26 13:31:01 Last modified:2004-08-26 16:31:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-26 13:31:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11546. E.T. Tozer. 1961. The Sequence of Marine Triassic Faunas in Western Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 61-6 1-19 [D. Bottjer/N. Bonuso/N. Bonuso]