GSC 5239 Gilman River (Paleocene to of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.7° N, 69.4° W: paleocoordinates 78.6° N, 26.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Paleocene to Paleocene (66.0 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified coal

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. L. Christie. 1964. Geological Reconnaissance of northeastern Ellesmere Island, District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 331:1-79 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102066: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 07.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by D. C. McGregor
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unclassified
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Helicosporium sp., ? Septonema sp.
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Abietineaepollenites sp.
Abietineaepollenites sp. Delcourt and Sprumont 1955 yew
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus haploxylontypus, Pinus diploxylontypus
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp.
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Pterocarya sp., Carya sp.
Pterocarya sp. Kunth 1824 wingnut
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Castanea sp.
Castanea sp. Miller 1754 chestnut
unclassified
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Fungi indet.
Fungi indet. Jahn and Jahn 1959
 Ascomycota - Microthyriaceae
"Phragmothyrites cf. eocaenicus" = Phragmothyrites eocaenica
"Phragmothyrites cf. eocaenicus" = Phragmothyrites eocaenica Edwards 1922