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Brazeau, Alberta, Canada

Formation	Brazeau
Age:	72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Interval	Campanian
Lithology	shale
Number of Collections	51
Number of Occurrences	99

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
PRG-1-1007	Alberta, Canada	Brazeau
PRG-8-2317-640ft	Alberta, Canada	Brazeau
Upper Brazeau Formation 3274	Alberta, Canada	Brazeau

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Paskapoo	58.7 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene	sandstone, siltstone, siltstone/"shale", "shale"/claystone, "shale", claystone/sandstone, "limestone"	468
Paskapoo - Scollard	66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene	shale, mudstone	17

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Spirodela sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Alismatales : Araceae : *Spirodela*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bacutriletes sp. genus	6	Plantae : *Bacutriletes*	83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Erlansonisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Lycophyta : *Erlansonisporites*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Erlansonisporites sparassis species	7	Plantae : Lycophyta : Erlansonisporites : *Erlansonisporites sparassis*	83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dombeyopsis sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Malvales : Malvaceae : *Dombeyopsis*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Spermatites sp. genus	6	*Spermatites*	83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trileites sp. genus	6	*Trileites*	83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Balmeisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : *Balmeisporites*	83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Elatocladus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : *Elatocladus*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trochodendroides arctica species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Trochodendrales : Trochodendraceae : Trochodendroides : *Trochodendroides arctica*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Coptothyris sp. genus	6	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebrataliidae : *Coptothyris*	83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nilsonia sp. genus	6	Plantae : Cycadophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : *Nilsonia*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Minerisporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Isoetales : *Minerisporites*	83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Minerisporites marginatus species	7	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lycopodiopsida : Isoetales : Minerisporites : *Minerisporites marginatus*	83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Azolla sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Salviniales : Salviniaceae : *Azolla*	83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Azollopsis sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Salviniales : Azollaceae : *Azollopsis*	83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ariadnaesporites sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Salviniales : Salviniaceae : *Ariadnaesporites*	83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Bell W. A. (1949) Uppermost Cretaceous and Paleocene floras of western Alberta, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 13, 1-231

Gunther P., Hills L. V. (1970) Heterospory in Ariadnaesporites, Pollen et Spores 12 1, 123-130

Gunther P. R., Hills L. V. (1972) Megaspores and other palynomorphs of the Brazeau Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Nordegg Area, Alberta, Geoscience and Man 4, 29-48

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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