C-27327 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as GSC loc. C-27327, about 300 ft above Fm. base, east of Hoodoo Dome (Eureka Sound Formation)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (78.2° N, 99.7° 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 32602: 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 200 gms of sample.
unclassified
  -
Striatriletes
  -
Spermatites
  -
Spermatites spp. Miner 1935
Echitriletes
  -
Erlansonisporites
  -
Erlansonisporites sp. PotoniƩ 1956
Bacutriletes
  -
Bacutriletes "sp." Van der Hammen 1955
sp. A
Lycopodiopsida
 Isoetales -
Minerisporites "sp." Potonie 1956 clubmoss
sp. B
Polypodiopsida
  - Marsileaceae
Molaspora lobata Hall and Peake 1968
Pteridopsida
  -
Triletes "sp." Reinsch 1881
sp. A
Tenellisporites
  -
Tenellisporites "sp." PotoniƩ 1956
sp. D