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Second White Speckled Shale, Alberta, Canada
Formation | Second White Speckled Shale |
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Age: | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Interval | Turonian |
Lithology | shale |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 6 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Pouce Coupe River | Alberta, Canada | Second White Speckled Shale |
Spirit River [Howard Creek Mbr | Alberta, Canada | Second White Speckled Shale |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Smoky - Kaskapu - Howard Creek | 93.9 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | sandstone | 3 |
Smoky - Kaskapu - Pouce Coupe | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | shale | 18 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Inoceramus sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Watinoceras sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Watinoceras | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Watinoceras reesidei species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Watinoceras : Watinoceras reesidei | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Scaphites delicatulus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Scaphitidae : Scaphites : Scaphites delicatulus | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Stelck C. R., Wall J. H. (1955) Foraminifera of the Cenomanian Dunveganoceras Zone of the Peace River area of western Canada, Reserach Council of Alberta Report 70, 1-81 |
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!