Also known as GSC loc. C-27290, about 300 ft above Fm. base, Meteorologist Peninsula (Eureka Sound Formation)
Where: Nunavut, Canada (78.2° N, 99.5° W: paleocoordinates 76.4° N, 18.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eureka Sound Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
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 32600: authorized by Rick Lupia, entered by Tiffany Naeher on 09.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Orthothecimorpha | |
unclassified | |
Orthothecimorpha | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Molaspora lobata Hall and Peake 1968 | |
Echitriletes | |
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Spermatites | |
Spermatites spp. Miner 1935 | |
Bacutriletes | |
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Lycopodiopsida | |
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Tenellisporites | |
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