Where: Nunavut, Canada (79.5° N, 87.2° W: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 2.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hare Fiord Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)
• At the base of the Hare Fiord section, marked by a prominent thrust fault. Early Atokan (early Moscovian).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by F.G. Stehli in 1964; 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 170673: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.06.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Metapronorites ellesmerensis Nassichuk 1975 ammonite |