Loc. 36, Bow River [Leyland Mbr, Cardium Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (50.7° N, 113.9° W: paleocoordinates 54.1° N, 73.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Prionocyclus novimexicanus ammonoid zone, Leyland Member (Cardium Formation), Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Leyland Mbr of the Cardium Fm, which overlies the Cardinal Mbr and is overlain by the Sturrock Mbr, both of the Cardium Fm . AGE: Late Turonian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Prionocyclus novimexicanus zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section 6-32.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Siliciclastic marine.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Stott, c. 1960's. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada.

Primary reference: W. F. Braunberger and R. L. Hall. 2001. Ammonoid faunas from the Cardium Formation (Turonian–Coniacian, Upper Cretaceous) and contiguous units, Alberta, Canada: I. Scaphitidae. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:333-346 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89507: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature but species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Scaphites mariasensis Cobban 1851 ammonite
Scaphites preventricosus Cobban 1951 ammonite