GSC Loc. 137611, Caswell Point [Haida Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.1° N, 133.1° W: paleocoordinates 23.5° N, 109.1° W)

• 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 top of local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, fine-grained sandstone and lithified siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: not stated in text, but apparently shallow marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine sandstone and siltstone. 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 87712: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoids, belemnites and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with slightly antiquated nomenclature, but with species resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) dawsoni
 Ammonitida - Labeceratidae
? Myloceras sp.
? Myloceras sp. Spath 1925 ammonite