# Wolfville Formation

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Geologic formation in Nova Scotia, Canada

Wolfville Formation Stratigraphic range: Carnian-Norian ~235–222 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Type Geological formation Underlies Blomidon Formation Thickness 833 m (2,733 ft) in outcrop[1] Location Region Nova Scotia Country Canada

The **Wolfville Formation** is a [Triassic](/source/Triassic) geologic [formation](/source/Formation_(geology)) of [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia). The formation is of [Carnian](/source/Carnian) to early [Norian](/source/Norian) age.[2] Fossils of small land vertebrates have been found in the formation, including [procolophonid](/source/Procolophonid) and early [archosauromorph](/source/Archosauromorph) reptiles and [cynodonts](/source/Cynodont). [Dinosaur](/source/Dinosaur) remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific [genus](/source/Genus).[3]

## Vertebrate fauna

### Synapsids

Synapsids of the Wolfville Formation Genus Species Member Abundance Notes Images Arctotraversodon[4] A. plemmyridon

### Archosauromorphs

Archosauromorphs of the Wolfville Formation Genus Species Member Abundance Notes Images Teraterpeton[5] T. hrynewichorum Teraterpeton hrynewichorum Oryctorhynchus O. bairdi

### Procolophonids

Procolophonids of the Wolfville Formation Genus Species Member Abundance Notes Images Acadiella A. psalidodon See [1] Haligonia H. bolodon See [2] ?Scoloparia S. glyphanodon See [3]

Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

## See also

- [List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations](/source/List_of_dinosaur-bearing_rock_formations) - [List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils](/source/List_of_stratigraphic_units_with_indeterminate_dinosaur_fossils)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Tanner_1-0)** Tanner, L.H. (1996). ["Formal definition of the Lower Jurassic McCoy Brook Formation, Fundy Rift Basin, eastern Canada"](https://doi.org/10.4138%2F2083). *Atlantic Geology*. **32** (2): 127–135. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4138/2083](https://doi.org/10.4138%2F2083).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Leleu_2-0)** 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](/source/Geological_Society): 437–454. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2010JGSoc.167..437L](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010JGSoc.167..437L). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1144/0016-76492009-092](https://doi.org/10.1144%2F0016-76492009-092). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [128821402](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:128821402).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-dinosaurdistribution_3-0)** Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SHS92_4-0)** 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](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1992JVPal..12..168S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992JVPal..12..168S). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/02724634.1992.10011447](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F02724634.1992.10011447).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SH-D03_5-0)** 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](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2003CaJES..40..635S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003CaJES..40..635S). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1139/e02-048](https://doi.org/10.1139%2Fe02-048).

### Bibliography

- [Weishampel](/source/David_B._Weishampel), David B.; [Dodson](/source/Peter_Dodson), Peter; [Osmólska](/source/Halszka_Osm%C3%B3lska), Halszka, eds. (2004). [*The Dinosauria*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C) (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-520-24209-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-520-24209-2). Retrieved 2019-02-21.

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