Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.4° N, 62.9° W: paleocoordinates 8.4° S, 6.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle River Formation, Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by H.M. Ami in 1892; reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: C. J. Durden. 1984. Age zonation of the early Pennsylvanian using fossil insects. In P.K. Sutherland, W.L. Manger (eds.), The Atokan Series (Pennsylvanian) and its Boundaries - a Symposium. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 136:175-191 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216802: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.12.2020

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