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

Group	Nanaimo
Formation	Haslam
Age:	85.8 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Interval	Early Santonian
Lithology	mudstone/siltstone, "shale"
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	7

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Trent River	Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	Nanaimo - Haslam
Near Brannan Lake	Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada	Nanaimo - Haslam

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Linuparus canadensis species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Palinuridae : Linuparus : *Linuparus canadensis*	85.8 - 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eucorystes platys species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Domeciidae : Eucorystes : *Eucorystes platys*	85.8 - 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hauericeras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : *Hauericeras*	85.8 - 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Kitchinites sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : *Kitchinites*	85.8 - 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Polyptychoceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Diplomoceratidae : *Polyptychoceras*	85.8 - 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neophylloceras sp. genus	6	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Phylloceratidae : *Neophylloceras*	85.8 - 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bernaya (Bernaya) beardi species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cypraeidae : Bernaya : *Bernaya (Bernaya) beardi*	85.8 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2003) Cretaceous and Eocene Decapod Crustaceans from Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada, NRC Research Press, 1-66

Groves L. T. (2004) New species of Late Cretaceous Cypraeidae (Gastropoda) from California and British Columbia and new records from the Pacific slope, The Nautilus 118 1, 43-51

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2009) New Cretaceous and Eocene decapoda (Astacidea, Thalassinidea, Brachyura) from British Columbia, Canada, Annals of Carnegie Museum 77 4, 403-423

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!

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