Also known as Loc. 28 (of Riccardi 1983)
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (50.9° N, 110.0° W: paleocoordinates 57.9° N, 74.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bearpaw Shale Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bearpaw Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Campanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the Bearpaw Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by Weston in 1889; reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Weston, 1889. REPOSITORY: GSC.
Primary reference: A. C. Riccardi. 1983. Scaphitids from the Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian Bearpaw Formation of the Western Interior of Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 354:1-51 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88507: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Hoploscaphites landesi n. sp.
Hoploscaphites landesi n. sp. Riccardi 1983 ammonite |