Sc 2-C (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Scollard Locality 2, Sample #C, Collection on the high banks of the Red Deer River, about 5 miles west of Scollard hamlet (Edmonton)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.9° N, 112.8° W: paleocoordinates 59.6° N, 84.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Scollard Formation (Edmonton Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• The span of the time of the deposition of the Upper Edmonton Member is dated circa 67 to 63 million years.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• The local top of the Upper Edmonton is marked by the Ardley Coal Seam, there are thin beds of coal within the central part and the remainder is light colored sandstone and siltstone, with local lenses of more argillaceous and ferruginous strata. Shales, clays, and coal samples were collected which yielded a rich microfloral assemblage. Sc 2-C is from a shale bed.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S. K. Srivastava. 1966. Upper Cretaceous microflora (Maestrichtian) from Scollard, Alberta, Canada. Pollen et Spores 8(3):497-552 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32894: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 17.07.2003

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Ghoshispora scollardiana
Angiospermae
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Tetracolpites reticulatus n. sp.
Tetracolpites reticulatus n. sp.
tetracolpate pollen