Virtual Museum ID: 19-MCC2016.013.053

Specimen Summary


This sample contains a fossilized insect. Insects can fall onto mud or fine silt and were covered by younger layers of mud and silt that also shut out oxygen and helped preserve the ferns. Over time, the sediments and insect were lithified, or turned to rock, preserving the insect we see as fossils today.

The exact source of this sample is unknown, but it probably formed in a ‘fluvial’, or river, environment, perhaps in a small lake or pond on a flood plain. In a sheltered environment, insects, leaves and other plant fragments could settle to the bottom and be preserved by the gradual build up of sediment.

Specimen Data

 

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Collection Details

Original Collection:

Museum of Cariboo Chilcotin (MCC)

Sub Collection:

-

Collection ID:

MCC2016.013.053

Virtual Museum ID:

19-MCC2016.013.053

Accessibility:

Date Added to VM:

2019-08-26

Location Information

Sample Origin:

Museum is location

Specific Site:

unknown

UTM Easting:

561550.6

UTM Northing:

5775051.3

Datum:

11 (NAD83)

Coordinate Accuracy:

Specimen Details

VM Category:

Fossil

Primary Features:

Primary Mineral Formula:

-

Primary Category:

-

Secondary Features:

Advanced Geological Information

 

The following section provides geological data relating to the specimen or the site it was collected from, when available. Information has been obtained from various sources including private and government datasets but may not be up to date. Any geological time periods or ages listed often relate to the primary geology of the area, and may not be the actual date of an event such as mineral formation.

Geological Formation:

N/A

Geological Period:

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Stratigraphic Age:

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Geological Belt:

N/A

Geological Terrane:

N/A

Minfile ID:

N/A

Minfile Link:

N/A

Site Details:

N/A

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