GSC 2712, Greenwood Borehole, 467-470.5 ft (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.6° N, 62.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 6.7° S, 4.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thorburn Member (Stellarton Formation), Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.4 Ma)

• Horizon of Mullins Seam. Upper Thorburn Fm, shales below Mackay Coal Seam., Stellarton Gp.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified, gray, green shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by W.A. Bell in 1924; 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 216834: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.12.2020

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Blattodea - Antemylacridae
Antemylacris thorburnensis Durden 1972 cockroach
GSC 22004
 Blattodea - Mylacridae
Amblymylacris (Cursimylacris) hendersoniana Durden 1972 cockroach
GSC 25898
Pinnamylacris elongata Durden 1972 cockroach
GSC 22003
Brachymylacris (Stellamylacris) phylloides Durden 1972 cockroach
GSC 12847c