GSC 1041, Springhill (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.7° N, 64.1° W: paleocoordinates 8.1° S, 6.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 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 M. Haycock in 1924; reposited in the GSC

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 155664: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Myriapoda
 Amynilyspedida - Amynilyspedidae
Amynilyspes springhillensis n. sp.
Amynilyspes springhillensis n. sp. Copeland 1957 millipede
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