C-47872 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as GSC loc. C-47872, 35 m above base of division, (Coal-bearing division of the Martin Creek Section, south bank)

Where: Yukon Territory, Canada (68.2° N, 135.6° W: paleocoordinates 70.3° N, 65.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• from the Coal-bearing division, Martin Creek section, south bank

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

• black mudstone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. R. Sweet. 1979. Jurassic and Cretaceous Megaspores. AASP Contributions Series Number 5B: Contributions of Stratigrphic Palynology (with emphasis on North America): Mesozoic Palynology 2(5B):1-30 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32568: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 09.07.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Figures indicate the number of specimens recovered from 100 gms of sample.
Lycopodiopsida
 Isoetales -
Paxillitriletes
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