GSC 51265, northeast of Mount Laurier (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (56.8° N, 123.4° W: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 46.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: welleri ammonoid zone, Ludington Formation, Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)

• subzone 1

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E.J.W. Irish in 1962; 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 137950: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
Bacchites hyatti Smith 1927 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Discotropites smithi Kutassy 1933 ceratite
Homeroceras grandis Tozer 1994 ceratite