Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.4° N, 64.4° W: paleocoordinates 9.2° S, 7.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Canso Group, Bashkirian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by W.A. Bell in 1936; reposited in the GSC
Primary reference: M. J. Copeland. 1957. The arthropod fauna of the Upper Carboniferous rocks of the Maritime Provinces. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 286:1-110 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 216606: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.12.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Branchiopoda | |
Leaia tricarinata clam shrimp
Leaia acutangularis clam shrimp
"Leaia leidyi" = Leaia buntschiana Beyrich 1864 clam shrimp
Leaia baentschiana Beyrich 1864 clam shrimp | |
Lioestheria striata clam shrimp | |
Xiphosura | |
"Belinurus reginae" = Belinurus trilobitoides
"Belinurus reginae" = Belinurus trilobitoides Buckland 1837 |