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 | |
Bothrophyllum sp. Trautschold 1879 horn coral | |
Pararachnastraea tschernyschewi Minato 1960 horn coral Lithostrotion cf. portlocki of Harker & Thorsteinsson, 1960
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