ammonites
Hume River, near Potter Creek - 399 ft above base [Sans Sault Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (65.4° N, 130.0° W: paleocoordinates 67.7° N, 68.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sans Sault Formation, Albian (112.0 - 99.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Sans Sault Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: About 225 ft above base of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not reported in text, but apparently marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but likely to be siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: University of Alberta.

Primary reference: P. S. Warren and C. R. Stelck. 1960. A new Freboldiceras from the Canadian Arctic. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 24(3):21-26 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87427: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.03.2009

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