Lake Cowichan, Southern Vancouver Island, Britisch Columbia: Rhaetian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Choristoceratidae
Choristoceras sp. Hauer 1865
Cephalopoda - Aulacocerida
Aulacocerida indet. (Stolley 1919)
original and current combination Aulacoceratida
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana silicea
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula perimbricata Gabb 1870
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Catella tyaughtonae McLearn 1942
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Minetrigonia suttonensis (Clapp and Shimer 1911)
Myophorigonia multicostata
Myophoria columbiana McLearn 1942
recombined as Maoritrigonia columbiana
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Erugonia sp. Newton et al. 1987
Bivalvia - Unionida - Actinodontophoridae
Actinodontophoridae indet. Newell 1969
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Septocardia typica Hall and Whitfield 1877
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822
Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae
? Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Tutcheria densestriata (Koerner 1937)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte cf. incae Jaworski 1922
recombined as Nicaniella incae
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" suttonensis Clapp and Shimer 1911
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Echinoidea - Triadocidaridae
Parvicidaris sp. Smith 1994
Smith 1994
"unpublished Kier Ms (see Stanley, 1989)"
Triadocidaris sp. Döderlein 1887
Zardinechinus sp. Kier 1977
Smith 1994
"unit 9 of Stanley, 1989" (USNM 398520)
Levicidaris sp. Kier 1977
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Kuhnastraea cowichanensis (Clapp and Shimer 1911)
recombined as Ampakabastraea cowichanensis
Guembelastraea cowichanensis
Pamiroseris smithi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Gablonzeriidae
Gablonzeria profunda (Reuss 1854)
Gablonzeria major (Frech 1890)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae
Guembelastraea whiteavesi (Clapp and Shimer 1911)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha cuneata
Stanley 1979
Astraeomorpha confusa (Winckler 1861)
ssp. minor
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Distichophyllia norica (Frech 1890)
Retiophyllia suttonensis (Clapp and Shimer 1911)
synonym of Retiophyllia clathrata
Retiophyllia dawsoni (Clapp and Shimer 1911)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria smithi Squires 1956
Stanley 1979
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pinacophyllidae
Cyathocoenia squiresi Stanley 1986
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Cyathocoenia idahoensis Squires 1956
recombined as Chondrocoenia idahoensis
Actinastraea (cf. Actinastraea) idahoensis (Squires 1956)
Stanley 1979
recombined as Chondrocoenia idahoensis
Cyathocoenia schafhaeutli (Winckler 1861)
recombined as Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli
Actinastraea (cf. Actinastraea) ohmanni
Stanley 1979
    = Chondrocoenia ohmanni Frech 1890
Kiessling 2008
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Guembelastraea vancouverensis (Clapp and Shimer 1911)
recombined as Meandrostylis vancouverensis
Coccophyllum acanthophorum Frech 1890
recombined as Anthostylis acanthophora
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae
"Thecosmilia" suttonensis Duncan 1867
Stanley 1979
recombined as Phacelophyllia suttonensis
unclassified
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Nuchidae
? Nucha vancouverensis n. sp.
Stanley 1998
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Thaumastocoelia sp. Steinmann 1882
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae
? Euepirrhysia sp. Dieci et al. 1968
Foraminiferida
Foraminiferida indet. (Eichwald 1830)
spelled with current rank as Foraminifera
Endothyridae
? Endothyridae indet. Brady 1884
Stanley 1979
Spiroplectamminidae
? Spiroplectammina sp. Cushman 1927
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:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Rhaetian Ammonoid zone: Crickmayi
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Parson Bay Member:Sutton
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: crickmayi zone - now dated as late Rhaetian. Assigned to Norian by Stanley (1989) and in coll. 33392
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified bafflestone
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: Allochthonous terrane
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Complete faunal list with updated names
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 49
Database number:45379
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Miller, M. Clapham Enterer:W. Kiessling, S. Kolbe, M. Clapham
Modifier:S. Kolbe Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:33392
Created:2004-10-20 04:37:48 Last modified:2010-12-05 21:55:07
Access level:the public Released:2004-10-20 04:37:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11813. G. D. Stanley. 1989. An Upper Triassic reefal limestone, southern Vancouver Island, B.C. In H. H. J. Geldsetzer, N. P. James, and G. E. Tebbutt (eds.), Reefs, Canada and adjacent areas. Canadian Soc. Petrol. Geologists, Memoir 13:766-776 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

26431 W. Kiessling. 2008. New opinions on coral taxonomy. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
9911 A. B. Smith. 1994. Triassic echinoids from Peru. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 233:177-202 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/M. Clapham]
34463 G. D. Stanley, Jr. 1979. Paleoecology, structure, and distribution of Triassic coral buildups in western North America. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 65:1-68 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]
34420 G. D. Stanley, Jr. 1998. A Triassic sponge from Vancouver Island: possible holdover from the Cambrian. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 35:1037-1043 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]