Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.5° N, 120.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.4° N, 31.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member (Sulphur Mountain Formation), Griesbachian to Griesbachian (251.9 - 247.2 Ma)

• The exact horizon is not known but the specimen comes from the Lower Triassic Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation. The age is believed to be Griesbachian to mainly (early) Smithian (and possibly Spathian).

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1984-2004

• Repository: Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, AB, Canada

Primary reference: R. J. Mutter, J. Cartanyà, and S. A. U. Basaraba. 2008. New evidence of Saurichthys from the Lower Triassic with an evaluation of early saurichthyid diversity. In G. Arratia, H.-P. Schultze, M. V. H. Wilson (eds.), Mesozoic Fishes 4 - Homology and Phylogeny 4:103-127 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 148842: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 26.07.2013, edited by Mark Uhen

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