Loc. 9, Halfbreed Creek [Bear Gulch Mbr, Pawkowki Fm]: Early/Lower Campanian, Canada
collected by Russell & Landes 1934-1936

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Acirsa meeki
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Cantharus sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices subcrassa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium ursaniense Russell and Landes 1937
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Volsella wrighti (Warren 1934)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea albertensis Russell and Landes 1937
Ostrea russelli Russell and Landes 1937
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Pteria nebrascana (Evans and Shumard 1857)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 111.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:56.5° North, 76.7° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pawkowki Member:Bear Gulch
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bear Gulch Mbr of the Pawkowki Formation, which overlies the Early Campanian Milk River Formation, is equivalent to the Lea Park Fm, and is overlain by the Judith River Fm (Late Campanian). AGE: Early Campanian on the basis of ammonite (and other groups) biostratigraphy; Baculites obtusus biozone. Early Campanian according to Dawson et el. - Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of the Bear Gulch Mbr.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but certainly siliciclastic, probably shale. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Offshore siliciclastic marine setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Collectors:Russell & Landes Collection dates:1934-1936
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: L.S. Russell and R. W. Landes. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, scaphopoda, and cephalopoda.
Metadata
Database number:82654
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-07-30 18:18:58 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-30 18:18:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27815. L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]