Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.9° N, 79.4° W: paleocoordinates 24.3° N, 1.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nansen Formation, Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

• 4.5–8.5 m above base of Nansen Fm; early late Bashkirian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collected by U. Mayr in 1975-1982; reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: J. Fedorowski, E. W. Bamber, and D. V. Baranova. 2012. An unusual occurrence of Bashkirian (Pennsylvanian) rugose corals from the Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada. Journal of Paleontology 86:979-995 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135682: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.11.2012

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