Where: Alberta, Canada (49.1° N, 111.2° W: paleocoordinates 57.3° N, 76.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pawkowki Formation, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pawkowki Formation, which overlies the Early Campanian Milk River Formation, is equivalent to the Lea Park Fm, and is overlain by the Judith River Fm (Late Campanian). AGE: Early Campanian on the basis of ammonite (and other groups) biostratigraphy; Baculites obtusus biozone. Early Campanian according to Dawson et el. - Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From just below the Halfbreed Creek Mbr.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original calcite
Collected by Russell & Landes in 1934-1936; reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: L.S. Russell and R. W. Landes. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)
Primary reference: L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82670: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.07.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula assiniboiensis Russell and Landes 1937 nut clam | |
Corbula perundata clam | |
Mactra formosa clam | |
Cardium ursaniense Russell and Landes 1937 cockle | |
Linearia formosa Meek and Hayden 1861 tellin clam
Tellina aequilateralis tellin clam | |
Tancredia americana Meek and Hayden 1857 clam | |
Ostrea albertensis Russell and Landes 1937 oyster
Ostrea russelli Russell and Landes 1937 oyster | |
Pteria nebrascana Evans and Shumard 1857 scallop |