Wolfville vertebrate assemblage (Triassic of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.2° N, 64.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° N, 6.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wolfville Formation (Chatham Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by D. Baird

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. L. Carroll, E. S. Belt, D. L. Dineley, D. Baird, and D. C. McGregor. 1972. In D. J. Glass (ed.), Guidebook: Excursion A59. Vertebrate Palaeontology of Eastern Canada 1-113 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 107286: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 04.04.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Branchiopoda
 Diplostraca - Cyzicidae
Cyzicus sp.5 Audouin 1837 clam shrimp
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet.5 Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel
Reptilia
 Parareptilia - Procolophonidae
aff. Hypsognathus sp. Gilmore 1928 parareptile
 Diapsida -
Archosauriformes indet.3 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
Archosauriformes indet.6 Gauthier 1986 archosauromorph
 Saurischia -
Prosauropoda indet. prosauropod
teeth and postcranial fragments
 Theropoda -
cf. Halticosaurus sp. Huene 1908 theropod
 Loricata - Rauisuchidae
Rauisuchidae indet.4 rauisuchid
large teeth
 Pseudosuchia -
Aetosauria indet.6 Lydekker 1889 aetosaur
 Rhynchosauria - Rhynchosauridae
Scaphonyx sp.2 Woodward 1907 rhynchosaur
 Diapsida - Trilophosauridae
Trilophosauridae indet. Gregory 1945 archosauromorph
"A short-skulled new genus"
Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia -
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae
Metoposaurus bakeri4 Case 1931 tetrapod