GSC Loc. 16326, Ponteix [Bearpaw Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Loc. 12 (of Riccardi 1983)

Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.7° N, 107.5° W: paleocoordinates 56.2° N, 72.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bearpaw Shale Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bearpaw Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Campanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the Bearpaw Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

• ENVIRONMENT: Marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shale. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Warren in 1930; reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Warren, 1930. REPOSITORY: GSC.

Primary reference: A. C. Riccardi. 1983. Scaphitids from the Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian Bearpaw Formation of the Western Interior of Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 354:1-51 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88486: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 12.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to scaphitid ammonoids, and other taxa from secondary publications. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Jeletzkytes cf. criptonodosus, Ponteixites gracilis
Jeletzkytes cf. criptonodosus Riccardi 1983 ammonite
Ponteixites gracilis Warren 1934 ammonite