Heibergs Land, Ellesmere Island (Permian of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.3° N, 92.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 4.2° 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 119293: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora nikitini Tschernyschew 1889
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella keilhavii2 von Buch 1847
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Marginifera involuta Tschernyschew 1902
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Megousia weyprechti" = Kuvelousia weyprechti1, "Productus konincki" = Cancrinella koninckiana
"Megousia weyprechti" = Kuvelousia weyprechti1 Toula 1873
"Productus konincki" = Cancrinella koninckiana Keyserling 1846
 Productida - Productellidae
"Costiferina arctica" = Thamnosia arctica1
"Costiferina arctica" = Thamnosia arctica1 Whitfield 1908