GSC 55136, Peel River (Permian of Canada)

Where: Yukon, Canada (65.9° N, 136.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 24.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tomiopsis-Attenuatella brachiopod zone, Jungle Creek Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. W. Bamber and J.B. Waterhouse. 1971. Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Northern Yukon Territory, Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 19(1):29-250 [T. Olszewski/M. Gibson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101732: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Some of the Bamber and Waterhouse taxa may be from GSC 55137.
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Atomodesma sp. Beyrich 1865 clam
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Etheripecten sp. Waterhouse 1963 scallop
Heteropecten sp. Kegel and Costa 1951 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Licharewiidae
Licharewiidae indet. Sliusareva 1958
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Eridmatus petita Waterhouse and Waddington 1982
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
"Gilledia aff. brevicostatum" = Dielasma brevicostatum
"Gilledia aff. brevicostatum" = Dielasma brevicostatum Cooper 1957
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Kutorginella sp. Ivanova 1951
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
 Productida - Echinoconchidae