Black Bear Ridge, Pardonet Formation, Unit 21, Sample 82BBR30: Sevatian, 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
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Epigondolella bidentata Mosher 1968
unclassified
Norigondolella steinbergensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 56.1° North, 123.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° North, 54.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Sevatian
Age range of interval:213.20000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pardonet Local bed:21
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Norian; Sample 82BBR30 from Gibson&Edwards Unit 21, Zones: Bidentata (Conodont), Cordilleranus (Ammonoid)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty,carbonaceous "limestone"
Secondary lithology:dolomitic lithified calcareous siltstone
Lithology description: The Pardonet Formation (140m) consists of carbonaceous silty limestone, calcareous and dolomitic siltstone and shale, and densely packed bioclastic grainstone beds.
Environment:deep-water indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:47400
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-02-23 14:29:58 Last modified:2005-03-01 16:44:22
Access level:the public Released:2005-02-23 14:29:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12661. M. J. Orchard, J. P. Zonneveld, M. J. Johns, C. A. McRoberts, M. R. Sandy, E. T. Tozer, and G. G. Carrelli. 2001. Fossil succession and sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Triassic of Black Bear Ridge, northeast British Columbia, a GSSP prospect for the Carnian-Norian boundary. Albertiana 25:10-22 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen]