Where: British Columbia, Canada (55.2° N, 120.9° W: paleocoordinates 59.4° N, 77.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Haven Member (Kaskapau Formation), Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
• "unit V"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; coarse-grained, calcareous sandstone and mudstone
•"coarse-grained sandstone held together by a calcium carbonate (CaCO3) cement"
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by R. McCrea & C. Helm in 2002
Collection methods: salvage, surface (float), surface (in situ),
• vertebrate fossils from a fallen sandstone block (Quality Block A or "Main Block")
Primary reference: R. T. McCrea and L. G. Buckley. 2004. Excavating British Columbia’s first dinosaurs and other palaeontological projects in the Tumbler Ridge area. Alberta Palaeontological Society, Eighth Annual Symposium 24-33 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63084: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur | |
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890 ankylosaur | |
Theropoda indet. theropod | |
cf. Naomichelys sp. Hay 1908 turtle | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster |