Liard River, 25 miles below Devil's Portage: Spathian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Claraiidae
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Halobia occidentalis n. sp.
Whiteaves 1889
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| recombined as Chuluaria occidentalis | |||||||
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Monotis ovalis n. sp.
Whiteaves 1889
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| recombined as Claraia ovalis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 59.5° North, 126.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° North, 33.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Olenekian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Spathian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 248.90000 - 247.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Toad |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | submarine fan |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 98557 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-10-09 12:03:06 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-10-09 12:03:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34004. | J. F. Whiteaves. 1889. On some fossils from the Triassic rocks of British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 1:127-149 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |