West Bay, Parrsboro (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.4° N, 64.4° W: paleocoordinates 8.3° S, 7.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Joggins Formation (Cumberland Group), Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Maritimes basin; major rift-valley system developed after the Acadian orogeny

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Henry M. Ami in 1899

Primary reference: M. J. Copeland. 1957. The arthropod fauna of the Upper Carboniferous rocks of the Maritime Provinces. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 286:1-110 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122485: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Megasecoptera - Brodiopteridae
Brodioptera cumberlandensis n. gen. n. sp.
Brodioptera cumberlandensis n. gen. n. sp. Copeland 1957 winged insect
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