C-34341 (Cretaceous to of Canada)

Also known as GAC loc. C-343441, 212.5 m above base, 7 m below top, Eastern Arctic (Hassel Formation)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (79.8° N, 85.4° W: paleocoordinates 69.5° N, 11.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hassel Formation, Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 89.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• This collection is an assemblege recovered from a succession of samples collected by K. J. Roy near Slidre Fiord, Ellesmere Island.

Primary reference: A. R. Sweet. 1979. Jurassic and Cretaceous Megaspores. AASP Contributions Series Number 5B: Contributions of Stratigrphic Palynology (with emphasis on North America): Mesozoic Palynology 2(5B):1-30 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32582: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 09.07.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Figures indicate the number of specimens recovered from 100 gms of sample.
unclassified
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Erlansonisporites
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Erlansonisporites sp. Potonié 1956
Bacutriletes
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Balmeisporites holodictyus Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Spermatites
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Spermatites spp. Miner 1935
Polypodiopsida
 Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Pteridopsida
 Marsileales -
Paxillitriletes
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Paxillitriletes "sp." Hall and Nicolson 1973
sp. A
Tenellisporites
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Tenellisporites "sp." Potonié 1956
sp. B
Tenellisporites "sp." Potonié 1956
sp. C