GSC 2952, Coalburn (Carboniferous to of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.6° N, 62.6° W: paleocoordinates 7.0° S, 4.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pictou Group, Westphalian C to Westphalian C (314.6 - 307.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, gray, green shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by W.A. Bell in 1928; 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 155668: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dicondylia - Xenoblattidae
Grypoblattina copelandi Durden 1972 winged insect
GSC 12845