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  • Vancouver Island ?Pseudoxybeloceras sp.

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    Wrangellian

    By Wrangellian

    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Cephalopoda
    Order: Ammonitida
    Family: Diplomoceratidae
    Genus: ?Pseudoxybeloceras
    Species: ?Pseudoxybeloceras sp.

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Cretaceous
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Santonian

    Stratigraphy

    Nanaimo Group
    Haslam Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: self
    Date Collected: 05/15/2011
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 14 cm
    Width: 2 cm

    Location

    Chemainus
    Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island
    B.C.
    Canada

    Comments

    Length is of the visible portion of the ammonite itself, 'a' and 'b' parts together.

    Exact day of collection unknown.

    Go to fossils Ammonoids

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    fossisle

    Wow never see them with spines, very cool. Looks like Pseudoxybeloceras. Have you sent photos to Sandy Maclachlan at the RBCM?

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    Wrangellian

    Thanks, no I haven't. Is he researching them, going to come out with a paper?

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    fossisle

    He is currently doing his Masters at UVic on Nanaimo Group Heteromorphs mostly from Hornby but this should be of interest.

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