East Cape, Ellesmere Island (Permian of Canada)
Where: Nunavut, Canada (80.1° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 5.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Trold Fiord Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. W. Broadhead and H. L. Strimple. 1977. Permian platycrinitid crinoids from Arctic North America. Canadian Journal Earth Science 14:1166-1175 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 104953: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.02.2011
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Taxonomic list
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| Crinoidea | |
Platycrinites ellesmerense n. sp.
Platycrinites ellesmerense n. sp. Broadhead and Strimple 1977 Sea lily | |