Also known as Smoky River Coal Mine, W9 Mine

Where: Alberta, Canada (54.1° N, 119.2° W: paleocoordinates 55.2° N, 68.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Grande Cache Member (Gates Formation), Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Reposited in the TMP

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. T. McCrea and P. J. Currie. 1998. A preliminary report on dinosaur tracksites in the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Gates Formation near Grande Cache, Alberta. In S. G. Lucas, J. I. Kirkland, and J. W. Estep (eds.), Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14:155-162 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 52369: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.08.2005

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