Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.2° N, 82.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 0.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nansen Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)
• 1530 feet above the base of the type section of the Nansen Formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W.W. Nassichuk, G.R. Davies 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 170699: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.06.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Phaneroceras cf. compressum Hyatt 1891 ammonite | |
Somoholites merriami Miller and Furnish 1940 ammonite |