Also known as 75206

Where: British Columbia, Canada (59.3° N, 129.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nevadella trilobite zone, Limestone Member (Sekwi Formation), Atdabanian (521.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• Longest continuous section containing Archaeocyathids in northwestern North America where archaeocyathidfs occur over a sttratigraphic distance of 750 feet within the lower 900 ft of the limestone unit of the Atan Group. Section measured in the limestone ("upper") unit of the Atan Group. Collection form 288 ft above base of limestone unit.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; dolomitic, ooidal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with dolomite

Reposited in the GSC

• Collections made by Handfield during 1965 and 1966. Collections are reposited at Geological Survey of Canada

Primary reference: R. C. Handfield. 1971. Archaeocyatha from the MacKenzie and Cassiar Mountains, Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory and British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 201:1-119 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49012: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.04.2005

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