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Gething

55 occ. 15 taxa (3 genera) 1 countries
Description

Gething Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) age in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. It is present in northeastern British Columbia and western Alberta, and includes economically important coal deposits.

Genera
3 genera
Amblydactylus
Amblydactylus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 18 occ. · 137 Ma
Irenesauripus
Irenesauripus
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 1 occ. · 149 Ma
Irenichnites
Dinosaurs
Valid Ichnogenus Formal taxon 1 occ. · 121 Ma
Gething
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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Bullhead Mountain 53
Bullhead Mountain / Gaylard 2
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada 55
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet. 34
lacustrine delta plain 14
Crevasse splay 4
Fine channel fill 1
Coarse channel fill 1
Large lake 1
Top collectors
P. Currie 27
W. Sarjeant 16
McLearn 9
Sternberg 9
R. McCrea 3
C. Helm 3
Sulek 3
A. G. Edmund 2
Currie 1
Collection activity by decade
1920s 9
1930s 9
1960s 4
1970s 24
1980s 3