Wasson Bluff, site L-K: Early/Lower Hettangian, Canada
collected by Olsen et al. 1976–1980
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anchisauridae
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cf. Ammosaurus sp.
Marsh 1891
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1 individual | |||||||||
| dissociated large specimen; PU 22196 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates: | 45.4° North, 64.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.4° North, 13.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Hettangian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Hettangian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Meriden | Formation: | McCoy Brook |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | eolian indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Olsen et al. | Collection dates: | 1976–1980 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74215 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-07-30 14:45:38 | Last modified: | 2022-11-04 14:20:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-07-30 14:45:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35886. | P. E. Olsen, A. R. McCune, and K. S. Thomson. 1982. Correlation of the early Mesozoic Newark Supergroup by vertebrates, principally fishes. American Journal of Science 282:1-44 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] |
Secondary references:
| 62792 | P. E. Olsen. 1986. Discovery of earliest Jurassic reptile assemblages from Nova Scotia: imply catastrophic end to the Triassic. Lamont (Newsletter) 12:1-3 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 83037 | P. E. Olsen. 1989. Stop 11.3: Wasson Bluff. Paleontology. 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-351 159-161 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 24923 | ETE | N. H. Shubin, P. E. Olsen, and H.-D. Sues. 1994. Early Jurassic small tetrapods from the McCoy Brook Formation of Nova Scotia, Canada. In N. C. Fraser & H.-D. Sues (eds.), In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 242-250 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |