Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.6° N, 62.7° W: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 5.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stellarton Formation, Westphalian C (314.6 - 309.8 Ma)

• Shale overlying the roof of the main seam of Pictou coal (=Foord Seam).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by James Barnes

Primary reference: J. W. Dawson. 1868. Acadian Geology. The Geological Structure, Organic Remains, and Mineral Resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island 1-694 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122594: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 03.01.2012

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