GSC Loc. 14999 - Carbon Creek [Beattie Peaks Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but apparently marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Interbedded shale and very fine-grained argillaceous sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

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

• COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic Ammonoidea and Bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Dichotomites cf. giganteus