Brown Hill, Pardonet formation, BH-51A (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (56.1° N, 122.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 52.5° W)

When: upper Metapolygnathus primitius conodont zone, Pardonet Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• lower Norian

•ammonoid zone - Stikinoceras kerri II

•icthyolith zone - undetermined

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. J. Orchard in 1980

Collection methods: acetic

• Repository: National Type Collection of Invertebrate and Plant Fossils at the Geological Survey of Canada

•601 Booth St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0E8

Primary reference: M. J. Johns, C. R. Barnes, and M. J. Orchard. 1997. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of middle and late Triassic Elasmobranch Ichthyoliths from Northeastern British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 502:1-238 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150073: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 31.08.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus incrementum Johns 1997 elasmobranch
  -
Sacrisubcorona submedicarina Johns 1997 elasmobranch
Osteichthyes
 Actinopterygii -
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887 ray-finned fish
teeth and scales