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Nanaimo - Extension, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Group	Nanaimo
Formation	Extension
Age:	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Interval	Coniacian - Campanian
Number of Collections	8
Number of Occurrences	52

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Extension 296	Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	Nanaimo - Extension

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Nanaimo - Newcastle	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous		9
Nanaimo - Protection	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous		47

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Allantodiopsis erosa species	7	Allantodiopsis : *Allantodiopsis erosa*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Phoenicites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Arecales : Arecaceae : *Phoenicites*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Liriodendron sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Magnoliales : Magnoliaceae : *Liriodendron*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sphenopteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lyginopteridaceae : *Sphenopteris*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metasequoia sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Cupressaceae : *Metasequoia*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Viburnum sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Dipsacales : Adoxaceae : *Viburnum*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Leguminosites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fabales : Fabaceae : *Leguminosites*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dryophyllum sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Fagales : Juglandaceae : *Dryophyllum*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dicotylophyllum sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : *Dicotylophyllum*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Platanus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Proteales : Platanaceae : *Platanus*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rhamnites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rhamnaceae : *Rhamnites*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Zizyphus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rhamnaceae : *Zizyphus*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ternstroemites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Ericales : Pentaphylacaceae : *Ternstroemites*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Artocarpus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Moraceae : *Artocarpus*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Zelkova sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Ulmaceae : *Zelkova*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nilsonia sp. genus	6	Plantae : Cycadophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : *Nilsonia*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudoctenis sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : *Pseudoctenis*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cladophlebis sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : *Cladophlebis*	89.8 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Bell W. A. (1957) Flora of the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 293, 1-84

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!