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Blood River Sandstone, Alberta, Canada
Formation | Blood River Sandstone |
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Age: | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Interval | Late Campanian |
Lithology | sandstone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 6 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Loc. 32 | Alberta, Canada | Blood River Sandstone |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Tellina sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Tellina | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Panopea sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Panopea | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Mactra sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Mactra | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Baculites compressus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Baculitidae : Baculites : Baculites compressus | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Polinices sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Polinices | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Russell L. S., Landes R. W. (1937) Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group, Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221 |
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!