GSC 98863, Ganoid Range (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.5° N, 120.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.2° N, 32.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: romunderi ammonoid zone, Sulphur Mountain Formation, Smithian (249.9 - 248.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D.W. Gibson in 1970; 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 141720: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
Euflemingites cirratus White 1879 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae
Kashmirites columbianus Tozer 1994 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Meekoceras haydeni Smith 1932 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae
Paranannites aspenensis Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
Oxyussuria canadensis Tozer 1994 ammonite