Locality C, headwaters of Chicken Creek: Norian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Sikannisuchus huskyi
Nicholls et al. 1998
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| TMP 94.381.1. Disarticulated mandibular and cranial elements, teeth, clavicles, isolated vertebrae and ribs, osteoderms (paratype). TMP 94.381.2, two teeth and a fragment of dermal bone; TMP 94.381.11, caudal centrum; TMP 96.63.1, neural arch and spine; TMP 96.63.2, three articulated caudal vertebrae; TMP 96.63.7, fragment of skull roof; TMP 94.381.10, TMP 96.63.3, TMP 96.63.4, TMP 96.63.5, TMP 97.72.4, isolated teeth. | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Shastasauridae
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Shastasauridae indet.
Merriam 1902
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
- Gondolellidae
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Epigondolella quadrata
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 57.3° North, 123.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 52.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | Conodont zone: | triangularis |
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pardonet | Member: | "basal limestone" | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Specimens assigned to the triangularis conodont zone of the early Norian on the basis of the associated conodont fauna | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous,carbonaceous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
| Geology comments: "relatively deep water distal shelf setting" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | chemical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 107289 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-04-04 06:04:16 | Last modified: | 2011-04-03 16:06:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-04 06:04:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11963. | ETE | E. L. Nicholls, D. B. Brinkman, and X.-C. Wu. 1998. A new archosaur from the Upper Triassic Pardonet Formation of British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 35:1134-1142 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |