Where: British Columbia, Canada (56.0° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 55.9° N, 64.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Beattie Peaks Formation (Bullhead Group), Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Beattie Peaks, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Valanginian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy; Polyptychites keyserlingi and Buchia keyserlingi zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List is representative of the formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified, argillaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Triad Oil Co. REPOSITORY: Presumably the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).

Primary reference: J. A. Jeletzky. 1968. Macrofossil zones of the marine Cretaceous of the Western Interior of Canada and their correlation with the zones and stages of Europe and the Western Interior of the United States. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 67(72):1-66 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87407: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.03.2009

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