Where: British Columbia, Canada (55.7° N, 121.2° W: paleocoordinates 60.6° N, 78.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kaskapau Formation (Smoky Group), Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 86.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Belonging to the Smoky Group. The Kaskapau is conformable with the underlying continental Dunvegan Formation in northeastern British Columbia and most of the Alberta Peace River area, with a transitional lithology except in the vicinity of Watino, Alberta, where the contact is abrupt and the Dunveganoceras Zone seems to be missing. The Kaskapau Formation is conformably overlain by the Bad Heart Formation in the Smoky River area. AGE: Turonian-Coniacian, on the basis of ammonoid and bivalve biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part of Kaskapu Fm.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, gray, carbonaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the NMC
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: National Museum of Canada.
Primary reference: P. S. Warren. 1933. New Coloradoan species from the Upper Peace River, British Columbia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 27:109-119 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87448: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea aurea oyster
Ostrea soleniscus Meek 1893 oyster | |
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Barbatia micronema clam | |
Panope murrayensis n. sp.
Panope murrayensis n. sp. Warren 1933 clam | |
Liopistha (Psilomya) allani n. sp.
Liopistha (Psilomya) allani n. sp. Warren 1933 clam | |
Arctica murrayensis n. sp.
Arctica murrayensis n. sp. Warren 1933 clam | |
Elliptio sulfuriensis freshwater mussel |