ammonites
GSC Loc. 18318 - Peace River [Peace River Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (56.2° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 56.8° N, 65.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Peace River Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Clearwater Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early-middle Albian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Beudanticeras affine zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but apparently marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Friable shale. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Wickenden in 1949; reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: R.T.D. Wickenden, 1949. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).

Primary reference: J. A. Jeletzky. 1964. Illustration of canadian fossils. Lower Cretaceous marine index fossils of the sedimentary basins of western and Arctic Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 64(11):1-101 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87390: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.03.2009

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