Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.5° N, 120.8° W: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 33.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member (Sulphur Mountain Formation), Griesbachian to Griesbachian (251.9 - 247.2 Ma)
• The exact horizon is not known but the specimen comes from the Lower Triassic Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation. The age is believed to be Griesbachian to mainly (early) Smithian (and possibly Spathian).
Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1984-2004
• Repository: Laboratory for Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada
Primary reference: R. J. Mutter, J. CartanyĆ , and S. A. U. Basaraba. 2008. New evidence of Saurichthys from the Lower Triassic with an evaluation of early saurichthyid diversity. In G. Arratia, H.-P. Schultze, M. V. H. Wilson (eds.), Mesozoic Fishes 4 - Homology and Phylogeny 4:103-127 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 148843: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 26.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
"Saurichthys dayi" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) dayi, "Saurichthys toxolepis" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) toxolepis
"Saurichthys dayi" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) dayi Raymond 1925 ray-finned fish UALVP 46801 (in situ)
"Saurichthys toxolepis" = Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) toxolepis Mutter et al. 2008 ray-finned fish UALVP 17980, 17981/2, 17984, 17991, 17993/6, 17994, 17998, 20346, 33502, 33505, 46611, 46512, 46514, 46611, 46612
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