GSC loc. 7471 (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (82.7° N, 75.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° N, 1.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• Trettin 1969 map unit 10.

Environment/lithology: deltaic; unlithified limestone and lithified, calcareous shale

• Shallow marine, brackish, and perhaps also non-marine, fluvial environments; unequivocal evidence for open marine environments is lacking

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: H. P. Trettin. 1969. Geology of Ordovician to Pennsylvanian rocks, M'Clintock Inlet, north coast of Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 183:1-93 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 111667: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 27.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by W.A. Bell.
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 Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Lepidophloios laricinus
Lepidophloios laricinus Sternberg 1820