Indian River and Murray Harbour Floras (Permian of Canada)

Where: Prince Edward Island, Canada (46.3° N, 63.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 0.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hillsborough River Formation (Pictou Group), Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

• from Dawson and Harrington (1871)

Primary reference: A. M. Ziegler, P.M. Rees, and S. V. Naugolnykh. 2002. The Early Permian floras of Prince Edward Island, Canada: differentiating global from local effects of climate change. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 39:223-238 [A. Rees/D. Sunderlin/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24482: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Dave Sunderlin on 08.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cordaitopsida
  - Cordaitaceae
"Sternbergia sp." = Artisia
"Sternbergia sp." = Artisia Sternberg 1838
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae