Where: Alberta, Canada (50.2° N, 110.6° W: paleocoordinates 57.2° N, 74.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Belly River Group, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and concretionary carbonate
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by Dawson in 1883
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: J. W. Dawson. 1884. Observations on the geology of the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 40:376-388 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 72264: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Goniobasis sp. Lea snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Anomia micronema jingle | |
Ostrea glabra Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Corbula perundata clam |