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
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
Bivalvia | |
"Inoceramus cf. pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus
"Inoceramus cf. pictus" = Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus Sowerby 1829 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Hypophylloceras sp." = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras)
"Hypophylloceras sp." = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Salfeld 1924 ammonite | |
? Tetragonites sp. Kossmat 1895 ammonite |