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  • Vancouver Island Pachydiscid ?Canadoceras sp.

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    By Wrangellian

    Taxonomy

    Canadoceras sp.?

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Cephalopoda
    Order: Ammonitida
    Family: Pachydiscidae
    Genus: ?Canadoceras
    Species: ?Canadoceras sp.

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Cretaceous
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Santonian

    Stratigraphy

    Nanaimo Group
    Haslam Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: self
    Date Collected: 03/15/2013
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 13 cm

    Location

    Chemainus
    Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island
    B.C.
    Canada

    Comments

    ID not certain at all. Very smooth for a Canadoceras. Maybe I should just say 'Pachydiscid'?

    Exact day of collection is unknown.

    Go to fossils Ammonoids

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    AK hiker

    This ammonite is very similar to what I have been finding in the Talkeetna Mountains. I am working on identifying what I have found and certainly have seen Pachydiscus sp. here. IMG_1175.thumb.JPG.bf4616da26055a8dda8dce5c4ae18742.JPGThis shows the common geologic connection to our two areas.

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    Wrangellian

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    Posted (edited)

    Nice one. There are noticeable similarities across the continent for our slice of time, especially within the North where you and I are. There seem to be lots of pachydiscids that look very similar, I hesitate to put an ID on some of them as it might require a look at sutures to distinguish them, and that's something I must leave to the pro's.

    Edited by Wrangellian

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