GSC Loc. C-137658, Skidgate Inlet [Shale Mbr, Haida Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.2° N, 132.0° W: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 84.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the shale member of the Haida Fm, which overlies the sandy member and in turn rests unconformably on the Jurassic Yakoun Fm, and is overlain by the Skidegate Fm. AGE: Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale

• ENVIRONMENT: not stated in text, but apparently shallow marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shale. 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 87700: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoids, belemnites and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with slightly antiquated nomenclature, but with species resolution identifications.
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus cf. pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus
"Inoceramus cf. pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus Sowerby 1829 clam
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Hypophylloceras sp." = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras)
"Hypophylloceras sp." = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Salfeld 1924 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
? Tetragonites sp. Kossmat 1895 ammonite