Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (64.9° N, 125.6° W: paleocoordinates 69.2° N, 71.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Inoceramus labiatus ammonoid zone, Slater River Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the unknown lithostratigraphic unit; possibly correlated with the Loon River Shale and Peace River Sandstone. AGE: Turonian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within regional section. PJW: Macrostrat gives the Cenomanian - Turonian aged rock in this area as Slater River Formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: University of Alberta Geological Museum.
Primary reference: P. S. Warren. 1947. Cretaceous fossil horizons in the Mackenzie River valley. Journal of Paleontology 21(2):118-123 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87436: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Inoceramus labiatus" = Mytiloides labiatus, Inoceramus tenuiumbonatus, Inoceramus tyrrelli, Inoceramus corpulentus
"Inoceramus labiatus" = Mytiloides labiatus Schlotheim 1813 clam
Inoceramus tyrrelli clam
Inoceramus corpulentus McLearn 1926 clam | |
Pecten cf. silentiensis McLearn 1926 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Watinoceras cf. coloradoensis" = Watinoceras coloradoense, Watinoceras reesidei
"Watinoceras cf. coloradoensis" = Watinoceras coloradoense Henderson 1908 ammonite
Watinoceras reesidei Warren 1930 ammonite | |
Scaphites delicatulus Warren 1930 ammonite | |
"Belemnites" sp. Lamarck 1799 belemnite |