Loc. A1-A2, Bearskin Bay (A) [Lower Sandstone Mbr, Haida Fm]: Albian, Canada
collected by McLearn
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Calliphylloceras aff. nizinanum
Imlay 1960
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Tetragonites subtimotheanus
Wiedmann 1962
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Anagaudryceras sp.
Shimizu 1934
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Anagaudryceras sacya
(Forbes 1846)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Hoplitidae
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Anahoplites yakounensis
(Whiteaves 1900)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Brewericeras hulenense
(Anderson 1938)
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 53.3° North, 132.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.9° North, 110.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113 - 100.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Haida | ||||
| Local section: | Bearskin Bay | Local bed: | 185 ft | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the lower sandstone member of the Haida Fm, which rests unconformably on massive agglomerate of 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: From 0-370 ft above base of local section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | very coarse lithified conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone, gritty sandstone, and lenses of conglomerates. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: not stated in text, but apparently shallow marine siliciclastic. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | GSC |
| Collectors: | McLearn |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: F. H. McLearn. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoids, but other groups not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with slightly antiquated nomenclature, but with species resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 87474 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-18 07:49:49 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-18 07:49:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29456. | F. H. McLearn. 1972. Ammonoids of the lower Cretaceous sandstone member of the Haida Formation, Skidgate Inlet, Queen Charlotte Islands, western British Columbia. Geological Bulletin of Canada Bulletin 188:1-78 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |