GSC 51691, Diener Creek, Svartefjeld Peninsula, Ellesmere Island (Triassic of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (80.9° N, 88.8° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 1.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• 137 m above base

• 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 103404: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Proptychites candidus Tozer 1961 ceratite