GSC Loc. 137615, Pyramid Hill [Haida Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.1° N, 133.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 59.5° N, 93.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Haida Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Haida Fm, which overlies the Skidegate Fm. AGE: Late Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near middle of local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified mudstone

• ENVIRONMENT: not stated in text, but apparently marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Interbedded shale and argillite. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and figured specimens.

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 87720: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoids, belemnites and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with slightly antiquated nomenclature, but with species resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Ptychoceratidae
Ptychoceras (Diptychoceras) glaber Whiteaves 1884 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Labeceratidae
? Myloceras sp. Spath 1925 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
"Tetragonites aff. kitchini" = Tetragonites (Tetragonites) kitchini Krenkel 1910 ammonite
Anagaudryceras sacya Forbes 1846 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Marshallites cf. cumshewaensis Whiteaves 1884 ammonite
 Ammonoida - Phylloceratidae
"Hypophylloceras aff. californicum" = Euphylloceras californicum
"Hypophylloceras aff. californicum" = Euphylloceras californicum Anderson 1938 ammonite