Where: Yukon, Canada (68.2° N, 137.0° W: paleocoordinates 66.8° N, 52.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the "upper shale-siltstone division" of an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Valanginian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy; Crioceras remondi zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List is representative of this zone; upper 750-790 ft.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR:Unknown. REPOSITORY: Presumably the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).
Primary reference: J. A. Jeletzky. 1968. Macrofossil zones of the marine Cretaceous of the Western Interior of Canada and their correlation with the zones and stages of Europe and the Western Interior of the United States. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 67(72):1-66 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87408: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Aucellina caucasica scallop
Aucellina aff. aptiensis scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aconeceras sp. Hyatt 1903 ammonite | |
Ancyloceras (Ancyloceras) cf. durrelli Anderson 1938 ammonite | |
"Ancyloceras (Acrioceras) aff. starrkingi" = Toxoceratoides starrkingi, "Crioceras (Hoplocrioceras) cf. remondi" = Hoplocrioceras remondi
"Ancyloceras (Acrioceras) aff. starrkingi" = Toxoceratoides starrkingi Anderson 1938 ammonite
"Crioceras (Hoplocrioceras) cf. remondi" = Hoplocrioceras remondi Gabb 1864 ammonite | |
"Crioceras (Crioceras) cf. latum" = Crioceratites latus, "Crioceras (Hoplocrioceras) aff. laeviusculum" = Crioceratites, "Crioceras (Shasticrioceras) sp." = Crioceratites
"Crioceras (Crioceras) cf. latum" = Crioceratites latus Gabb 1864 ammonite
"Crioceras (Hoplocrioceras) aff. laeviusculum" = Crioceratites ammonite
"Crioceras (Shasticrioceras) sp." = Crioceratites Leveillé 1837 ammonite | |
Acroteuthis pseudopanderi belemnite
Acroteuthis aff. conoides belemnite |