GSC C4250, Van Hauen Pass, Hare Fiord, Ellesmere Island (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.1° N, 85.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 0.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hare Fiord Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• 75 feet above the base of the formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W.W. Nassichuk in 1966; 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 170698: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
Metapronorites ellesmerensis Nassichuk 1975 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Neodimorphoceratidae
Neodimorphoceras sverdrupi Nassichuk 1975 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Neogastrioceras arcticum Nassichuk 1975 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Pseudoparalegoceratidae
Phaneroceras lenticulare Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae
Diaboloceras involutum Nassichuk 1975 ammonite