GSC 2871, Coalburn borehole, 1347 feet depth (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.6° N, 62.6° W: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 5.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thorburn Member (Stellarton Formation), Westphalian C (314.6 - 309.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected in 1929; reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: core

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 216819: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.12.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Archimylacridae
Archimylacris coalburnensis Durden 1972 cockroach
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