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(Tropiphora) cf. laevigata Zeithen, and Myophoria (Tropiphora) cf. ovata
Goldfuss. These species recall the German Triassic and suggest an age
not later than Middle Triassic. The somewhat similar Red Rock Spur
fauna contains, among other pelecypods, Myophoria (Tropiphora) cf.
laevigata Zeithen, M. (Tropiphora) cf. laevigata var. elongata Philippi, and
Lima cf. striata var. lineata Schlotheim, also suggesting the German Triassic
and an age not later than Middle Triassic. These two faunas are not
known outside of Peace River Valley in northeastern British Columbia.

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Figure 9. Geology of Pardonet Hill, Peace River Foothills, showing faunal and lithological
zones.

The Lima? poyana fauna comprises a brachiopod, several pelecypods,
and probably a single species of an ammonoid. The brachiopod, ‘Tere-
bratula’ ef. julica Bittner suggests a Karnian age, as does also the ammonoid
Strenites sp. Specimens apparently close to M yoconcha curionit Gemmellaro
also suggests a Karnian age. A tentative correlation with the early
Karnian of Europe has, therefore, been proposed (McLearn 1940). ‘Tere-
bratula’ julica has been listed from the Lewes River group of the Yukon