GSC Loc. C-137626 [Sandstone Mbr, Haida Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.0° N, 131.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.8° N, 84.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Haida Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the sandstone member of the Haida Fm, which rests unconformably on the Jurassic Yakoun Fm, and is overlain by the shale member, which passes up into the Honna Fm. AGE: Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Near middle of Section G.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: not stated in text, but apparently shallow marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Thin-bedded sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).

Primary reference: J. W. Haggart. 1986. Stratigraphic investigations of the Cretaceous Queen Chartlotte Group, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada 86(20):1-24 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87681: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoids, belemnites and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with slightly antiquated nomenclature, but with species resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) cf. alamoense
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Anagaudryceras sacya
Anagaudryceras sacya Forbes 1846 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus moresbyensis