Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.2° N, 132.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 59.6° N, 91.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Haida Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the shale member of the Haida Fm, which overlies the sandy member and in turn rests unconformably on the Jurassic Yakoun Fm, and is overlain by the Skidegate Fm. AGE: Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87697: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Anagaudryceras sacya Forbes 1846 ammonite | |
Marshallites cf. cumshewaensis Whiteaves 1884 ammonite | |
Ammonoceratites crenocostatus Whiteaves 1876 ammonite |