Where: Nunavut, Canada (80.1° N, 80.8° W: paleocoordinates 25.4° N, 0.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Canyon Fiord Formation, Moscovian (315.2 - 307.0 Ma)
• 150 feet above the base of the Canyon Fiord Formation (lower 110 feet consist of conglomerate at this locality). Early Atokan (early Moscovian).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous siltstone
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 170723: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.06.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Phaneroceras compressum Hyatt 1891 ammonite |