GSC Loc. C-137651 [Sandstone Mbr, Haida Fm]: Albian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Anagaudryceras sp.
Shimizu 1934
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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: | 53.0° North, 131.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.8° North, 84.5° 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the sandstone member of the Haida Fm, which rests unconformably on 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: Near top of section A. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Thin bedded sandstone. 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: | body,cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | GSC |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoids, belemnites and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with slightly antiquated nomenclature, but with species resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 87668 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-22 19:34:28 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-22 19:34:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29494. | 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] |