Cedar_District_Formation

Cedar District Formation

Cedar District Formation

Geologic formation in the Pacific Northwest

The Cedar District Formation is a geologic formation exposed on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands of British Columbia and San Juan Islands of Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Campanian Epoch of the Cretaceous period. It dates to the lower mid-Campanian.[1]

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Paleobiology

Flora

Fauna

Partial left femur of indeterminate Theropod

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References

  1. [1]
    Peecook, B.; Sidor, C. (2015). "The First Dinosaur from Washington State and a Review of Pacific Coast Dinosaurs from North America" (PDF). PLOS ONE. 10 (5): 1–15. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127792.g001.
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    Atkinson, B. (2016). "Early diverging asterids of the Late Cretaceous: Suciacarpa starrii gen. et sp. nov. and the initial radiation of Cornales". Botany. 94 (9): 759–771. doi:10.1139/cjb-2016-0035.
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    Ward, P (1978). "Baculitids from the Santonian-Maestrichtian Nanaimo Group, British Columbia, Canada and Washington State, USA". Journal of Paleontology. 52 (5): 1143–1154. JSTOR 1303860.
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    Roth, B. (2000). "Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) land snails (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) from Washington and California". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 66 (3): 373–381. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.3.373.


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