GSC 51665, Otto Fiord, Svartefjeld Peninsula, Ellesmere Island (Triassic of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.0° N, 88.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: candidus ammonoid zone, Blind Fiord Formation, Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103363: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Ambites ferruginus n. sp. Tozer 1994 ceratite