US And Canadian Fossil Sites -- Data for BRITISH COLUMBIA

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Location	County	State/Province	Directions,Notes	Age	Formation	Fossils	Comments	Reference	Lat-Long
-	-	BC		Cambrian Middle	Stephen Shale	Trilobites,Zacanthoides	BC0002				\|	,
-	-	BC	northeastern British Columbia.*	Triassic Upper		Fragments of a marine rauisuchian (or near relative,an early crocodile-like carnivore)	BC0003				\|	,
SW British Columbia	-	BC	125 Pleistocene sites,mostly built over or overgrown,up to 300 meters above current Sea Level	Pleistocene		Worm tubes (Serpula),Brachiopods,mollusks,Sea urchin fragments	BC0001				\|	,
Bulkley Valley	Bulkley-Nechako RD	BC	Telkwa Coal Deposits	Cretaceous		fossils	BC0004				\|	,
Bulkley Valley	Bulkley-Nechako RD	BC	on Bulkley River near Trout Creek	Jurassic		mollusks,ammonites	BC0005				\|	,
Smithers	Bulkley-Nechako RD	BC	13.5 km N at Driftwood Canyon	Eocene	Smithers?	Plants - Glyptostrobus,Metasequoia or Cercopidae,Insects,animals	BC0006	Provincial Park Collecting permitted (sort of) but all specimens examined and only common fossils can be kept at the discretion of the rangers.			\|	,
Smithers	Bulkley-Nechako RD	BC	40 km W on Ashman Ridge	Jurassic		marine fossils	BC0007				\|	,
Smithers	Bulkley-Nechako RD	BC	at Driftwood Canyon	Eocene		plants	BC0008				\|	,
Topley	Bulkley-Nechako RD	BC	At Findley Falls on Richfield Creek	Oligocene		fossils	BC0009				\|	,
Muir Creek	Capital RD?	BC		Tertiary		Pelecypods,gastropods{1}	BC0010				\|	,
Cariboo Mountains	Cariboo RD	BC				Ediacaran faunas	BC0011				\|	,
Horsefly	Cariboo RD	BC		Eocene		fish-Amyzon,insects?,plants?	BC0012				\|	,
Horsefly Creek	Cariboo RD	BC		Eocene		Fish fossils,Leaf impressions{1}	BC0013				\|	,
Quesnellia	Cariboo RD?	BC				Fish,leaves{1}	BC0014	'Quesnellia' appears to be the name of a terrane. Terranes are generally named after a town or other map feature,but in this case,it's not clear what town/feature.			\|	,
Black Mountain	Central Okanagan RD	BC	in Pennsylvanian Lower Limestones	Pennsylvanian		Coelenterates,bryozoa,brachiopods -Gigantoproductus	BC0015	Original says Whatcom County. There is no Whatcom County in BC,but there is one across the border in WA			\|	,
Sumas Mountain	Central Okanagan RD	BC		Eocene	Huntington (Canada)	flora	BC0016				\|	,
Field	Columbia-Shuswap RD	BC	Mounts Stephen,Wapta,Field,Odaray. No collecting	Cambrian		Wide range of trilobites and other fossils.	BC0017				\|	,
Kicking Horse Pass	Columbia-Shuswap RD	BC	along main line of Canadian Pacific RR	Cambrian Lower		Olenellus gilberti	BC0018				\|	,
Mount Stephen	Columbia-Shuswap RD	BC	above Field,BC	Cambrian Middle		Trilobites Elrathia,Ogygopsis,Zacanthoides	BC0019				\|	,
Collishaw Pt - Hornby Island	Comox-Strathcona RD	BC		Cretaceous	Spray	mollusks - Inoceramus,Nemodon,Gaudryceras,Hypophylloceras,Nostoceras,Pachydiscus,Phyllopachyceras,Pseudophylites	BC0020	'Pseudophylites' may be a misspelling			\|	,
Comox	Comox-Strathcona RD	BC		Cretaceous	Nanaimo	fossil plants	BC0021				\|	,
Courtenay	Comox-Strathcona RD	BC		Cretaceous	Haslam\|Pender	Marine Reptiles - Plesiosaurs,turtles,mosasaurs	BC0022				\|	,
Courtenay	Comox-Strathcona RD	BC	E at Piggot Creek in abandoned quarry	Cretaceous	Comox	Seed cones	BC0023			49d46m30'sN 125d22m30s'W	\|	,
Denman Is-Hornby Island	Comox-Strathcona RD	BC		Cretaceous Upper		Ammonites,Pelecypods{1}	BC0024				\|	,
Hornby Island	Comox-Strathcona RD	BC	At Collishaw Point	Cretaceous	Lambert (Canada)	Seed cones	BC0025			49d33m04s'N 124d41m03sW	\|	,
Cowichan Lake	Cowichan Valley RD	BC	At 48.04.80 N 123.19.55 W			?	BC0026				\|	,
Rift Creek	Cowichan Valley RD[?]	BC	Vancouver Island	Pennsylvanian	Mount Mark	55 taxa including 22 brachiopods and three trilobites.	BC0027	There is probably more than one Rift Creek in BC			\|	,
Castle Mountain	East Kootenay RD	BC	On Southeast slope in alternating bands of limestone and siliceous/calcareous shale below Cathedral formation limestones	Cambrian Lower	Mount Whyte	fossils	BC0096		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P4		\|	,
Cathedral Mountain	East Kootenay RD	BC	In massive limestones below Stephen formation	Cambrian Middle	Cathedral (Canada)	fossils	BC0091		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P4		\|	,
Cranbrook	East Kootenay RD	BC		Cambrian Lower	Eager	Olenellus,Wanneria{1}	BC0028				\|	,
Cranbrook	East Kootenay RD	BC		Cambrian Lower	Eager	fossils	BC0029				\|	,
Cranbrook	East Kootenay RD	BC		Cambrian Upper		Trilobite-Labiostria	BC0030				\|	,
Eldon	East Kootenay RD	BC	In shales at N end of amphitheater NW of Mt Bosworth N of Canadian Pacific RR tracks	Cambrian Middle	Eldon	brachiopods-Obolus	BC0100		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P61		\|	,
Fairmont Hot Springs	East Kootenay RD	BC				Brachiopods,ammonites,corals,forams{1}	BC0031				\|	,
Field	East Kootenay RD	BC	On NW slope of Mt Stephen 914m above Kicking Horse River in 'Ogygopsis Shale'	Cambrian Middle	Stephen	Trilobite-Burlingia,Neolenus,Bathyuriscus	BC0098		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P19,36		\|	,
Hector	East Kootenay RD	BC	8km N on Western Slope of Mt Bosworth above Sherbrooke Lake in limestones	Cambrian Upper-Ordovician Lower	Sherbrooke	fossils	BC0085		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P2		\|	,
Hector	East Kootenay RD	BC	In drift block of siliceous shale on S slope of Mt Bosworth	Cambrian Lower?		Brachiopods-Acrothele,Micromitra,Obolus,Wimanella;Trilobites-Albertella,Bathyuriscus	BC0099		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P22		\|	,
Mount Bosworth	East Kootenay RD	BC	210m in limestones and shales	Cambrian Middle	Stephen	fossils-Ogygopsis fauna	BC0090		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P3		\|	,
Mount Bosworth	East Kootenay RD	BC	In massive limestones below Stephen formation	Cambrian Middle	Cathedral (Canada)	fossils	BC0092		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P4		\|	,
Mount Bosworth	East Kootenay RD	BC	On E side of West Ridge of Mt Bosworth in 100m of thin bedded limestone below Sherbrooke formation (also on Paget Peak and Mt Daly	Cambrian Upper	Paget	fossils	BC0086		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P3		\|	,
Mount Bosworth	East Kootenay RD	BC	On West slope in alternating bands of limestone and siliceous/calcareous shale below Cathedral formation limestones	Cambrian Lower	Mount Whyte	fossils	BC0094		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P4		\|	,
Mount Daly	East Kootenay RD	BC	thin bedded limestone below Sherbrooke formation	Cambrian Upper	Paget	fossils	BC0088		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P3		\|	,
Mount St Piran	East Kootenay RD	BC	On SE slope in grey quartzitic sandstones with minor shale interbeds	Cambrian Lower	St Piran	fossils in upper part	BC0097		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P5		\|	,
Mount Stephen	East Kootenay RD	BC	180m at peak in limestones and shales	Cambrian Middle	Stephen	fossils-Ogygopsis fauna	BC0089		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P3		\|	,
Mount Stephen	East Kootenay RD	BC	Above RR tunnel in alternating bands of limestone and siliceous/calcareous shale below Cathedral formation limestones	Cambrian Lower	Mount Whyte	fossils	BC0095		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P4		\|	,
Mount Whyte	East Kootenay RD	BC	On N slope in alternating bands of limestone and siliceous/calcareous shale below Cathedral formation limestones	Cambrian Lower	Mount Whyte	fossils	BC0093		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P4		\|	,
Paget Peak	East Kootenay RD	BC	thin bedded limestone below Sherbrooke formation	Cambrian Upper	Paget	fossils	BC0087		Walcott-Cambrian Geology and Paleontology P3		\|	,
Lake Wapiti	Fort Nelson-Liard RD	BC	Canada	Triassic	Sulphur Mountain	Shark - Listracanthus	BC0032				\|	,
Lake Wapiti	Fort Nelson-Liard RD	BC	museum quality fish on Ridge tops in NE BC	Triassic Lower		large coelacanths,Bobasatrania,Albertonia,Ichthyosaurs in two distinctly different beds.	BC0033				\|	,
Wapiti Lake	Fort Nelson-Liard RD	BC	4.8km S at Fossil Fish Lake. Several localities in area?	Triassic	Sulphur Mountain	fish-Albertonia,Bobasatrania,Boreosomus,Listracanthus,Perleidus,Pteronisculus,Saurichthys,Whitea	BC0034				\|	,
Wapiti Lake	Fort Nelson-Liard RD	BC	In scree on Lower Slopes S of Wapiti Lake	Triassic	Sulphur Mountain	vertebrates-Palaeobates,Shastasaurus	BC0035				\|	,
Dunedin River	Fort Nelson-Liard RD?	BC	.8km S about 6km N of Milepost 383 on Alaskan Highway	Triassic-Lower	Grayling	vertebrates-Bobasatrania?	BC0036				\|	,
Tetsa River	Fort Nelson-Liard RD?	BC	S side near Alaska Hwy MP 382	Triassic Lower	Toad\|Grayling	fish bones	BC0037				\|	,
Harrison Lake	Fraser Valley RD	BC	9.3 km N of Wallin[?] Creek in Lower Cretaceous road cuts.	Cretaceous Lower		Buchia,Belemnites.	BC0038	Couldn't identify a 'Wallin Creek' in British Columbia nor could HA,Neither could he find a plausible misspelling			\|	,
Harrison Lake	Fraser Valley RD	BC	W side of Lake	Cretaceous		Ammonites	BC0039				\|	,
Harrison Lake	Fraser Valley RD	BC	in road cuts to E in	Jurassic Lower-Cretaceous		Buchia,belemnites,Pelecypods	BC0040				\|	,
McAbee	Fraser Valley RD	BC		Eocene	Kamloops Group	Ginkgo leaves,Seed pods,insects,fish {1}	BC0041				\|	,
Slesse Creek	Fraser Valley RD	BC		Paleozoic Upper	Chilliwack Group	Crinoid columnals	BC0042				\|	,
Ft Steele	Fraser-Fort George RD	BC	at Cranbrook Rifle Club on leased Crown lands	Cambrian Lower	Eager	Olenellus,Wanneria	BC0043				\|	,
Kanaka Creek	Greater Vancouver RD	BC	May be worked out	Eocene	Huntington (Canada)	flora	BC0044				\|	,
Little Forte	Greater Vancouver RD	BC				Leaves and Ferns{1}	BC0045				\|	,
Mount Bosworth	Greater Vancouver RD	BC		Cambrian		brachiopods - Acrothele	BC0046				\|	,
Point Roberts	Greater Vancouver RD	BC		Pleistocene		shells	BC0047				\|	,
Vancouver	Greater Vancouver RD	BC	At junction of Capilano River and Brothers Creek in	Cretaceous	Burrard	leaves,poorly preserved wood,fruit,etc.	BC0048				\|	,
Vancouver	Greater Vancouver RD	BC	Burrard Inlet and English Bay	Eocene	Burrard\|Kitsilano	leaves	BC0049				\|	,
Vancouver	Greater Vancouver RD	BC	West of Kitsilano Beach	Eocene-Oligocene	Kitsilano	coal and fossil leaves	BC0050				\|	,
Ram Creek	Kitimat-Stikine RD	BC	24km E of junction of Racing River and MacDonald Creek	Triassic-Lower	Grayling	vertebrates-fish-Coelacanth	BC0051				\|	,
Quatsino Sound	Mount Waddington RD[?]	BC	On the western shore of Apple Bay in small calcareous concretions	Cretaceous Lower	Longarm (Canada)	Plant fragments-conifers,ferns	BC0052		http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/90/5/755		\|	,
Brannon Lake	Nanaimo RD	BC	at 49d11.64N,124d04.21W			?	BC0053			49d11.64N,124d04.21W	\|	,
Nanaimo	Nanaimo RD	BC		Cretaceous	Nanaimo	fossil plants	BC0054				\|	,
Nanaimo	Nanaimo RD	BC	3km W in abandoned shale pits at Brannen Lake	Cretaceous	Haslam	Seed cones	BC0055			49d12m16sN 124d06m01sW	\|	,
Parksville	Nanaimo RD	BC	Englishman's River	Cretaceous	Haslam	Cephalopods-Pachydiscus?	BC0056	There may be a valid genus Chydiscus,but it's more likely a misspelling of Pachydiscus			\|	,
Manning Park	Okanagan-Similkameen RD	BC	In marine outcrops along Valley View Lookout road and in other areas			broad marine fauna -- no collecting	BC0057				\|	,
Manning Park	Okanagan-Similkameen RD	BC	Plant fossils near Mule Deer Campground			fern,cycads,gingko,conifer,Ficus,magnolia,sycamore -- no collecting	BC0058				\|	,
Okanagan Falls	Okanagan-Similkameen RD	BC				Leaves and pine needle fossils{1}	BC0059				\|	,
Princeton	Okanagan-Similkameen RD	BC		Eocene		Leaves,pine needles,pine seeds,root casts{1}	BC0060				\|	,
Princeton	Okanagan-Similkameen RD	BC		Eocene Middle	Allenby (Canada)?	well preserved plants. A few insects. gastropods,mammal teeth	BC0061				\|	,
Princeton	Okanagan-Similkameen RD	BC	In chert on E bank of Similkameen River 13.5 km SSW.	Eocene	Allenby (Canada)	Paleorosa,flowers size only 2 mm	BC0062				\|	,
Princeton	Okanagan-Similkameen RD	BC	Merritt Hwy area	Eocene		Leaves,pine needles,pine cones	BC0063				\|	,
Princeton	Okanagan-Similkameen RD	BC	Whipsaw Creek	Eocene		Leaves,insects{1}	BC0064				\|	,
Princeton	Okanagan-Similkameen RD	BC	area exposures	Eocene		plants	BC0065				\|	,
Princeton	Okanagan-Similkameen RD	BC	area exposures	Paleocene		plants	BC0066				\|	,
Princeton	Okanagan-Similkameen RD	BC	in area 30 km long, 10 wide exposing Allenby Formation.	Eocene	Allenby (Canada)	Coal and plant remains	BC0067				\|	,
Chetwynd	Peace River RD	BC		Quaternary		Leaf impressions	BC0068				\|	,
Fort St John	Peace River RD	BC		Triassic		very large ichthyosaur	BC0069				\|	,
Hudson Bay Mountain	Peace River RD	BC	on E side of Mountain	Cretaceous		Petrified wood,ammonites	BC0070				\|	,
Hudsons Hope	Peace River RD	BC	At Williston Lake	Mesozoic-Tertiary		fossils	BC0071				\|	,
Taylor	Peace River RD	BC		Cretaceous		Ammonites,marine fossils	BC0072				\|	,
Cumshewa Inlet	Skeena-Queen Charlotte RD	BC	Queen Charlotte Island	Cretaceous	Haida	Cephalopods,Desmoceras	BC0073				\|	,
Queen Charlotte Islands	Skeena-Queen Charlotte RD	BC	lakebed deposits in sea cliffs	Pleistocene		Plant fossils	BC0074				\|	,
Skidegate Inlet	Skeena-Queen Charlotte RD	BC	Queen Charlotte Island	Jurassic	Yakoun	Cephalopods - Teloceras	BC0075				\|	,
Red Mountain	Squamish-Lillooet RD?	BC	in Pennsylvanian Lower Limestones	Pennsylvanian		Coelenterates,bryozoa,brachiopods -Gigantoproductus	BC0076	Original says Whatcom County. There is no Whatcom County in BC,but there is one across the border in WA			\|	,
Howe Sound	Sunshine Coast RD	BC	a few ammonites in roof pendant shales			?	BC0077				\|	,
Howe Sound	Sunshine Coast RD	BC	in roof pendant shales			a few ammonites	BC0078				\|	,
Ashcroft	Thompson-Nicola RD	BC				Ammonites,Belemnites. pelecypods,conodonts,microflora,ferns,pollen,brachiopods{1}	BC0079				\|	,
Hat Creek	Thompson-Nicola RD	BC				amber{1}	BC0080				\|	,
Kamloops Lake	Thompson-Nicola RD	BC		Eocene	Tranquille	fish-Eohiodon	BC0081				\|	,
Paul Lake	Thompson-Nicola RD	BC				Crinoids	BC0082				\|	,
Shelter Pt	Thompson-Nicola RD	BC	Near Campbell River in Concretions	Cretaceous	Spray	Crustacea - Longusorbis	BC0083				\|	,

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