GSC C-32860, Lyall River, Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island (Permian of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (76.9° N, 95.4° W: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 1.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Raanes Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• 123 m above base of formation. Listed as Belcher Channel, but section has been subdivided and this part probably corresponds to the Sakmarian Raanes Formation (Henderson & Beauchamp, 1994).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: W. W. Nassichuk and G. R. Davies. 1975. The Permian Belcher Channel Formation at Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 75-1C:267-277 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115631: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Bothrophyllum sp. Trautschold 1879 horn coral
 Stauriida - Durhaminidae
Pararachnastraea tschernyschewi Minato 1960 horn coral
Lithostrotion cf. portlocki of Harker & Thorsteinsson, 1960