Where: Yukon, Canada (65.3° N, 141.0° W: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 0.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fifteenmile Group, Cryogenian (850.0 - 635.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified, concretionary, gray, calcareous, cherty/siliceous carbonate and lithified, argillaceous shale
•of section near the top of this unit. These facies are interpreted as subtidal in a shallowing-upward sequence. The entire section is intruded by numerous NNW-trending mafic dikes
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: concretion, permineralized, original phosphate, original carbon
Collected by Phoebe Cohen, Francis Macdonald in 2007
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: P. A. Cohen and A. H. Knoll. 2012. Scale Microfossils from the mid Neoproterozoic Fifteenmile Group, Yukon. Journal of Paleontology 86(5):775-800 [P. Cohen/P. Cohen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 148725: authorized by Phoebe Cohen, entered by Phoebe Cohen on 25.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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