CP1 P-51 well (240-340m) (Miocene to of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (43.8° N, 60.6° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 55.3° W)

When: Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; silty lithology not reported

• Relatively large amounts of silt and sand were present in most samples, with the typical clay content exceeding 50% only in the lowermost 100 m or so. Above that, washing usually only reduced the dry weights by 10 to 35%. The upper 200 m contained large amounts of sand-sized clastics, whereas farther down

•the sands tended to be replaced by silts.

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: Each sample was oven dried, then weighed. Weights ranged from 100 to over 600g, but most were between 200 and 400 g. No presoaking in any detergent or other chemical was required, as all the samples were unconsolidated. The samples were

•washed through a stack of sieves, the top sieve with a 1.700 mm opening, the middle sieve with a 0.250 mm opening and a bottom sieve with a 0.063 mm opening. The residue was later dried and weighed, and a 5 to 60 g subsample of the 0.250 to 1.700 mm size fraction was set aside for palynological analysis.

Primary reference: F. Thomas. 1994. Cenozoic micropaleontological biostratigraphy of the LASMO/NSR(V)L Cohasset Producer CP1 P-51 well, Scotian Shelf. Atlantic Geology 30(2):113-121 [M. Uhen/R. McClees-Funinan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141890: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Ricardo McClees-Funinan on 02.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
"Globorotalia obesa" = Globigerinella obesa Bolli 1957
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
 Rotaliina - Siphoninidae
 Rotaliina - Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina sp. d'Orbigny 1846
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Eponides umbonatus Reuss 1851
Foraminifera
  - Spiroplectamminidae
  -
"Marginulina bachei" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina bachei" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824