Where: British Columbia, Canada (55.7° N, 122.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 54.2° N, 44.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Beattie Peaks Formation (Bullhead Group), Early/Lower Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Beattie Peaks Fm of the Bullhead Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Middle Valanginian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Polyptychoites aff. keyserlingi zone, Buchia aff. inflata subzone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified, argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).
Primary reference: J. A. Jeletzky. 1964. Illustration of canadian fossils. Lower Cretaceous marine index fossils of the sedimentary basins of western and Arctic Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 64(11):1-101 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87392: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.03.2009
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Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Dichotomites cf. giganteus ammonite |