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Ghost River Locality, Alberta, Canada
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 51.3167,-115 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Alberta, Canada |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Alberta, Canada |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Ghost River Locality | Scheckler S. E. (1978) | Yahatinda | Scheckler (1978, p. 3138): "formation is overlain by the Cairn Formation of lower Frasnian age." | 383.7 - 382.4 Ma Devonian |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Archaeopteris sp. genus | Plantae : Aneurophytophyta : Archaeopteridopsida : Archaeopteridales : Archaeopteridaceae : Archaeopteris | 383.7 - 382.4 Ma Devonian |
Callixylon sp. genus | Plantae : Aneurophytophyta : Archaeopteridopsida : Archaeopteridales : Archaeopteridaceae : Callixylon | 383.7 - 382.4 Ma Devonian |
References
Scheckler S. E. (1978) Ontogeny of Progymnosperms. II. Shoots of Upper Devonian Archaeopteridales, Canadian Journal of Botany 56 24, 3136-3170 |
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!