Where: Nunavut, Canada (78.5° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 5.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Otto Fiord Formation, Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• Occurs in a block of limestone that is about 75 feet thick. Bloydian (Westphalian A=Kayalian).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H.R. Balkwill in 1972; reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: W. W. Nassichuk. 1975. Carboniferous ammonoids and stratigraphy in the Canadian Arctic archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 237:1-240 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 170663: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.06.2015

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