Phantom Creek Formation Explained

Phantom Creek Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Toarcian ~
Period:	Toarcian
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Region:	British Columbia
Coordinates:	53.4°N -132.3°W
Paleocoordinates:	4.2°N -126.4°W
Unitof:	Maude Group
Extent:	Queen Charlotte Islands

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.^[1]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in British Columbia

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=collectionSearch&geological_group=Maude&formation=Phantom%20Creek Phantom Creek Formation