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
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