Store Björnekap PS39, König Oscar Land (Permian of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (77.4° N, 87.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 1.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Great Bear Cape Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. Tschernyschew and P. Stepanow. 1916. Obercarbonfauna von Konig Oscars und Heibergs Land. Report of the Second Norwegian Arctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1898-1902 34:1-67 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119288: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
"Spirifer tastubensis" = Spiriferinaella tastubensis
"Spirifer tastubensis" = Spiriferinaella tastubensis Tschernyschew 1902
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
"Costiferina arctica" = Thamnosia arctica
"Costiferina arctica" = Thamnosia arctica Whitfield 1908
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus irginae" = Waagenoconcha irginae
"Productus irginae" = Waagenoconcha irginae Stuckenberg 1898
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenopora aff. ovata Lonsdale 1844
 Trepostomida - Dyscritellidae
"Geinitzella sparsigemmata" = Dyscritella sparsigemmata
"Geinitzella sparsigemmata" = Dyscritella sparsigemmata Waagen and Wentzel 1886
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
"Fenestella orientalis" = Wjatkella orientalis, "Polypora micropora" = Polyporella micropora, Polypora martis, Polypora biarmica
"Fenestella orientalis" = Wjatkella orientalis Eichwald 1860
"Polypora micropora" = Polyporella micropora Stuckenberg 1895
Polypora martis Fischer de Waldheim 1837
Polypora biarmica Keyserling 1846
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
"Polypora orbicribrata" = Shulgapora orbicribrata
"Polypora orbicribrata" = Shulgapora orbicribrata Keyserling 1846
 Cryptostomata - Reteporinidae
"Phyllopora" cf. borealis Stuckenberg 1895
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae