GSC 98542, Childerhose Coulee (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (56.1° N, 122.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 53.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• subzone 1c

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E.T. Tozer party in 1981; 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 141707: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.03.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Himavatites planiplicatus Tozer 1994 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Parathisbitidae
Parathisbites obtusus n. sp. Tozer 1994 ceratite
Phormedites transiens n. sp. Tozer 1994 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Pseudosirenites pardoneti McLearn 1940 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Distichitidae
Pleurodistichites stotti Tozer 1980 ceratite
Distichites columbianus Tozer 1994 ceratite
Distichites canadensis McLearn 1940 ceratite