Where: British Columbia, Canada (57.0° N, 123.4° W: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 40.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: sutherlandi ammonoid zone, Toad Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)
• subzone 2 (placed in Ladinian by Tozer, but sutherlandi zone spans Ladinian-Carnian boundary and D. canadensis is marker for base of Carnian)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by P.K. Sutherland in 1948; reposited in the GSC
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 137095: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Daxatina canadensis Whiteaves 1889 ceratite |