Singh (1983) ISR No. 1 well-1670ft (Cretaceous to of Canada)

Also known as Singh (1983) Imperial Spirit River No. 1 well, depth 1670 feet

Where: Alberta, Canada (55.8° N, 118.9° W: paleocoordinates 56.7° N, 70.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Beattonoceras zone, Shaftesbury Formation (Fort St. John Group), Late/Upper Albian to Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• The Shaftesbury Formation consists of dark grey, slightly silty, marine shales with scattered nodular or banded ironstone concretions. It contains the widespread "Fish-scale" marker bed, which is a concentration of sandstone, siltstone, fish scales, and fish bones. Individual samples not specifically described.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core,

• Only Cenomanian portion of the Shaftesbury Fm. lying above "Fish-scale" marker bed was sampled in the study.

Primary reference: C. Singh. 1983. Cenomanian microfloras of the Peace River area, northwestern Alberta. Bulletin of the Alberta Research Council 44:1-322 [R. Lupia/B. Wilborn/B. Wilborn]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 31710: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Brooke Wilborn on 22.05.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Fish scales and bones are reported, but not included in taxonomic list.
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Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Ariadnaesporites cristatus