The Wolfville Formation is a Triassic geologic formation of Nova Scotia. The formation is of Carnian to early Norian age.[2] Fossils of small land vertebrates have been found in the formation, including procolophonid and early archosauromorph reptiles and cynodonts. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[3]
Wolfville Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Carnian-Norian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Blomidon Formation |
Thickness | 833 m (2,733 ft) in outcrop[1] |
Location | |
Region | Nova Scotia |
Country | Canada |
Vertebrate fauna
editSynapsids
editSynapsids of the Wolfville Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Member | Abundance | Notes | Images | |
Arctotraversodon[4] | A. plemmyridon |
Archosauromorphs
editArchosauromorphs of the Wolfville Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Member | Abundance | Notes | Images | |
Teraterpeton[5] | T. hrynewichorum | |||||
Oryctorhynchus | O. bairdi |
Procolophonids
editProcolophonids of the Wolfville Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Member | Abundance | Notes | Images | |
Acadiella | A. psalidodon | See [1] | ||||
Haligonia | H. bolodon | See [2] | ||||
?Scoloparia | S. glyphanodon | See [3] |
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tanner, L.H. (1996). "Formal definition of the Lower Jurassic McCoy Brook Formation, Fundy Rift Basin, eastern Canada". Atlantic Geology. 32 (2): 127–135. doi:10.4138/2083.
- ^ Leleu, S.; Hartley A.J. (2010). "Controls on the stratigraphic development of the Triassic Fundy Basin, Nova Scotia: implications for the tectonostratigraphic evolution of Triassic Atlantic rift basins". Journal of the Geological Society. 167 (3). Geological Society: 437–454. Bibcode:2010JGSoc.167..437L. doi:10.1144/0016-76492009-092. S2CID 128821402.
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Sues, H.-D.; Hopson, J.A.; Shubin, N.H. (1992). "Affinities of ?Scalenodontoides plemmyridon Hopson, 1984 (Synapsida: Cynodontia) from the Upper Triassic of Nova Scotia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 12 (2): 168–17. Bibcode:1992JVPal..12..168S. doi:10.1080/02724634.1992.10011447.
- ^ Sues, H.-D. (2003). "An unusual new archosauromorph reptile from the Upper Triassic Wolfville Formation of Nova Scotia". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 40 (4): 635–649. Bibcode:2003CaJES..40..635S. doi:10.1139/e02-048.
Bibliography
edit- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. Retrieved 2019-02-21.