Section 11 Bed 371. Cape Briggs, Grinnell Peninsula (Cambrian of Canada)
Where: Nunuvat, Canada (76.9° N, 96.2° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 48.3° W)
When: Proconodontus muelleri conodont zone, Cass Fjord Formation, Sunwaptan (493.5 - 487.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: argillaceous limestone
• The Cass Fjord Formation was erected by Poulsen (1927, p. 245) for a sequence of argillaceous limestone and conglomerate.
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: G. S. Nowlan. 1985. Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician Conodonts from the Franklinian Miogeosyncline, Canadian Arctic Islands. Journal of Paleontology 59(1):96-122 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 203789: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.08.2019
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Taxonomic list
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| Conodonta | |
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Cambrooistodus minutus conodont | |
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Proconodontus posterocostatus conodont | |