GSC 10740, Sikanni Chief River (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (57.3° N, 123.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 53.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: columbianus ammonoid zone, Pardonet Formation, Alaunian (215.6 - 212.0 Ma)

• subzone 3

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F.H. McLearn in 1944; reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: surface (float)

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137084: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.12.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Steinmannitidae
Eosteinmannites nitidus n. sp. Tozer 1994 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Neohimavatites canadensis McLearn 1940 ceratite