Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.8° N, 132.1° W: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 128.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Skonun Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Exposure of 12 m of sandstone overlain by 3 m of mudstone. The mudstone is unaccessible except for talus containing the collection piled at the base of the cliff. Acila empirensis in the assemblages indicates a late Late Miocene age. This unit can be correlated to the Empire Fm of Oregon. The fauna is similar to the Yakataga Fm of Alaska and presumably is of similar age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: J. M. White, L. Marincovitch, and R. Higgs. 1994. New Miocene fossil discoveries in the Skonun Formation, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, and implications for basin stratigraphy and climate. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 479:85-100 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57689: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.12.2005

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