Where: British Columbia, Canada (55.9° N, 120.2° W: paleocoordinates 58.2° N, 73.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pouce Coupe Member (Kaskapau Formation), Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lies within the Kaskapau Formation. It is believed to grade westerly and northwesterly into nonmarine sediments that are included in the Dunvegan Formation (Steak and Wall, 1955; Stelsk, 1962; Stott, 1967, 1968; Singh, 1983). AGE: Late Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonoid and foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, gray, carbonaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the NMC
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: National Museum of Canada.
Primary reference: P. S. Warren and C. R. Stelck. 1955. Foraminifera of the Cenomanian Dunveganoceras Zone of the Peace River area of western Canada: Appendix - New Cenomanian ammonites from Alberta. Reserach Council of Alberta Report 70:63-72 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87574: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Dunveganoceras conditum ammonite
Dunveganoceras cf. pondi Haas 1949 ammonite
Dunveganoceras poucecoupense Warren and Stelck 1940 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Arctica murrayensis Warren 1933 clam | |
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
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Inoceramus allani clam
Inoceramus prefragilis Stephenson 1952 clam
Inoceramus corpulentus McLearn 1926 clam |