Banff, Sections 59, 60 (Permian of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.1° N, 115.7° W: paleocoordinates 23.7° N, 29.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ranger Canyon Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• Phosphatic conglomerate between Ranger Canyon and Johnston Canyon Formations

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, phosphatic, cherty/siliceous conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Logan and A. McGugan. 1968. Biostratigraphy and faunas of the Permian Ishbel Group, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Journal of Paleontology 42(5):1123-1139 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112844: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae
Helicoprion sp. Karpinsky 1899 chimaera