Phantom Creek Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Toarcian
~{{fossil range|183|175}}

| period = Toarcian

| prilithology = Sandstone

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| region = British Columbia

| country = Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|53.4|N|132.3|W|display=inline,title}}

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| extent = Queen Charlotte Islands

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| lon_deg = -132.3

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The Phantom Creek Formation is a geologic formation of the Maude Group in British Columbia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Jurassic period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?geological_group=Maude&formation=Phantom%20Creek Phantom Creek Formation] at Fossilworks.

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Further reading

  • E.S. Carter, B.E.B. Cameron, and P.L. Smith. 1988. Lower and Middle Jurassic radiolarian biostratigraphy and systematic paleontology, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 386:1-109

Category:Geologic formations of British Columbia

Category:Jurassic British Columbia

Category:Toarcian Stage

Category:Sandstone formations of Canada

Category:Shallow marine deposits

Category:Paleontology in British Columbia