Carrs Brook: Anisian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Aphanerama sp.
Traversodontidae
aff. Exaeretodon sp. Cabrera 1943
Anomodontia
Dicynodontia indet. (Owen 1859)
Reptilia - Tanystropheidae
Tanystropheus sp. von Meyer 1852
Reptilia - Aetosauridae
? Aetosauridae indet. Baur 1887
Reptilia - Rauisuchidae
Rauisuchidae indet. Huene 1942
Reptilia - Proterosuchidae
cf. Proterosuchidae indet. Broom 1906
Reptilia - Trilophosauridae
Trilophosauridae indet. Gregory 1945
Reptilia - Procolophonidae
cf. Sclerosaurus sp. von Meyer 1857
Anomoiodon sp. Huene 1939
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
cf. Capitosauridae indet. Watson 1919
synonym of Mastodonsauridae
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
? Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820
unclassified
Scoyenia sp. White 1929
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45.4° North, 64.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.7° North, 2.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Anisian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chatham Formation:Wolfville
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coarse channel fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Lower Economy
Database number:227834
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2022-11-04 14:11:08 Last modified:2022-11-04 14:11:08
Access level:the public Released:2022-11-04 14:11:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

83035. P. E. Olsen. 1989. Stop 11.1: Carrs Brook near Lower Economy, NS. In P. E. Olsen, R. W. Schlische, & P. J. W. Gore (eds.), Tectonic, Depositional, and Paleoecological History of Early Mesozoic Rift Basins, Eastern North America. Gulf, North Carolina, USA to Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. July 20–30, 1989. International Geological Congress Field Trip T-351 149-150 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]