GSC Loc. 47879 - Greely Fiord [Deer Bay Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (80.5° N, 83.0° W: paleocoordinates 69.7° N, 5.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Deer Bay Formation, Early/Lower Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Deer Bay Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Valanginian, on the basis of ammonite and bivalve biostratigraphy; Buchia keyserlingi zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: About 443-444 m above the base of the Deer Bay Fm; from measured section adjoining GSC Loc. 47876.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not reported in text, but apparently marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but likely to be siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Thorsteinsson in 1961; reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Thorsteinsson. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).

Primary reference: J. A. Jeletzky. 1965. Thorsteinssonoceras. A new craspeditid ammonitre from the Valanginian of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 120:1-16 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87421: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for marine invertebrate fauna. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
Buchia keyserlingi Lahusen 1888 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Thorsteinssonoceras ellesmerensis Jeletzky 1965 ammonite