GSC 89548, Toad River (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (59.2° N, 124.7° W: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 34.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: hayesi ammonoid zone, Toad Formation, Bithynian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by U. Wissner in 1959; 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 141649: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Longobarditidae
Intornites intornatus McLearn 1946 ceratite
Tetsaoceras hayesi McLearn 1948 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
? Gymnites perplanus Meek 1877 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Parapopanoceratidae
Amphipopanoceras medium McLearn 1948 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Nicomedites moderatus McLearn 1948 ceratite
Anagymnotoceras varium McLearn 1948 ceratite