Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.5° N, 91.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 0.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nansen Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• Carbonate mound which is 1250 feet above the base of the Nansen Formation. Late Atokan (early Moscovian).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. Thorsteinsson in 1963; 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 170722: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.06.2015

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