Phantom Creek Formation
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| name = 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}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|4.2|N|126.4|W|display=inline}}
| unitof = Maude Group
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| extent = Queen Charlotte Islands
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| lat_deg = 53.4
| 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:Sandstone formations of Canada