GSC 65935, north of Besa River (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (57.5° N, 123.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 53.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• 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 D.F. Stott in 1964; 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 138025: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Steinmannitidae
Eosteinmannites nitidus Tozer 1994 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Neohimavatites burlingi McLearn 1947 ceratite