Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.7° N, 64.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° S, 7.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cumberland Group, Westphalian A (318.1 - 314.6 Ma)
• Siltstone and mudstone layers between Coal 29 and 32 (390–429 m). Early Pennsylvanian, mid-Bashkirian, Langsettian, after palynological analyses of Utting et al. (2010), with a probable age of c. 313.4-314.5 Ma (Falcon-Lang et al. 2006).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; lithified, gray mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Joggins Fossil Institute
Primary reference: J. Prokop, M. Pecharová, A. Nel, M. Grey, and T. Hörnschemeyer. 2017. A remarkable insect from the Pennsylvanian of the Joggins Formation in Nova Scotia, Canada: insights into unusual venation of Brodiidae and nymphs of Megasecoptera. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15:1051-1065 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187589: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.08.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Brodia jogginsensis n. sp.
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