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It is probable that the Queen Charlotte series was formed
in estuarine basins, by the sudden influx of a large amount of
sediments carried in by rapid streams, and that the series as a
whole represents a delta deposit, reassorted and modified by the
waves and currents of a shallow sea.

AGE.

The fossils from the Queen Charlotte series show these rocks
to be of Upper Cretaceous age, and Dr. Stanton states that most
of them, judged by European standards, are not older than
Gault. A single species of Inoceramus, closely resembling if
not identical with J. labiatus Schlotheim, suggests a higher
horizon, represented by the Benton shale of the Rocky moun-
tains and the Turonian of Europe.

The fossils of the Queen Charlotte series, determined by
Dr. T. W. Stanton, follow:

Skidegate Formation.
Pelecypods:
Inoceramus sp. cf. I. labiatus Schlotheim.
(From the uppermost beds exposed).

Honna Formation.

Pelecypods:
Inoceramus sp. cf. I. labiatus Schlotheim.

Haida Formation.

Plants:
Fern pinnule.
Echinoids:
Spines with imprint of fragment of test.
Brachiopods:
Rhynochonella ? sp.
Pelecypods:

Trigonia diversicostata Whiteaves ?
Trigonia maudensis Whiteaves ?
Cytherea subtrigona Whiteaves.

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