Also known as 68958
Where: Yukon, Canada (60.6° N, 127.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 71.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)
• Strata exposed in Coal River section are physically separated from the Sekwi Fm and Atan Group. 1450 ft above base of section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: ooidal, calcareous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the GSC
• Collections made by Handfield during 1965 and 1966. Collections are reposited at Geological Survey of Canada
Primary reference: R. C. Handfield. 1971. Archaeocyatha from the MacKenzie and Cassiar Mountains, Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory and British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 201:1-119 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49023: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Archaeocyatha | |
Pycnoidocoscinus sp. Bedford and Bedford 1936 archaeocyath sponge |