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Area 3: Elkhorn Creek, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 49.0667,-123.917 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Area 3: Elkhorn Creek, Nanaimo Basin | Popenoe W. P., Saul L. R. (1987) | Haslam | lower Bostrychoceras elongatum Zone | "siliciclastic" | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Perissitys sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turbinellidae : Perissitys | 86.3 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Popenoe W. P., Saul L. R. (1987) Evolution and classification of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary gastropod Perissitys, Contributions in Science 380, 1-37 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!