Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (64.9° N, 125.6° W: paleocoordinates 66.4° N, 64.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the unknown lithostratigraphic unit; possibly correlated with the Loon River Shale and Peace River Sandstone. AGE: Albian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Beaudanticeras affine zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within regional section.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: University of Alberta Geological Museum.
Primary reference: P. S. Warren. 1947. Cretaceous fossil horizons in the Mackenzie River valley. Journal of Paleontology 21(2):118-123 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87435: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Lemuroceras macconnelli ammonite | |
? Puzosia sp., "Beudanticeras glabrum" = Grantziceras glabrum, "Beudanticeras affine" = Grantziceras affine
? Puzosia sp. Bayle 1878 ammonite
"Beudanticeras glabrum" = Grantziceras glabrum Whiteaves 1889 ammonite
"Beudanticeras affine" = Grantziceras affine Whiteaves 1892 ammonite | |
Beudanticeras robustum n. sp.
Beudanticeras robustum n. sp. Warren 1947 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Pleuromya borealis n. sp.
Pleuromya borealis n. sp. Warren 1947 clam | |
"Inoceramus concentricus" = Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) concentricus
"Inoceramus concentricus" = Inoceramus (Actinoceramus) concentricus Parkinson 1819 clam |