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Science 27 August 1982:
Vol. 217. no. 4562, pp. 825 - 827
DOI: 10.1126/science.217.4562.825
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Trace Fossils from the Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada

S. GEORGE PEMBERTON 1, PETER D. FLACH 1, and GRANT D. MOSSOP 1

1 Alberta Geological Survey, Alberta Research Council, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 5R7

A diverse and well-preserved ichnofossil suite has been identified from surface exposures of the middle and upper parts of the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation. The suite, consisting of representatives of at least ten ichnogenera, is one of the few clues to the original biotic component of the deposit. The distribution and abundance of these biogenic structures present strong evidence that the deep channel complex in which the sediments were deposited was closely associated with a nearby marine shoreline.

Submitted on March 8, 1982
Revised on June 14, 1982


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