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
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
Cephalopoda | |
Scaphites mariasensis Cobban 1851 ammonite
Scaphites preventricosus Cobban 1951 ammonite |