Also known as Smoky River Coal Mine, W3 Mine

Where: Alberta, Canada (54.0° N, 119.3° W: paleocoordinates 55.2° N, 68.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• 5 layers

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; fine-grained sandstone and fine-grained siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace, soft parts

Reposited in the TMP

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

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 52371: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.08.2005

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