Otto Fiord (GSC 32363) (Triassic of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.0° N, 87.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 2.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Blind Fiord Formation, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• Spathian, Subrobustus Zone, Blind Fiord Formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: E. T. Tozer. 1961. Triassic stratigraphy and faunas, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 316:1-116 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43853: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 27.08.2004, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Olenikitidae
Olenikites triton Tozer 1994 ceratite
Olenikites bombus Tozer 1994 ceratite
Olenikites canadensis n. sp. Tozer 1961 ceratite
Svalbardiceras freboldi Tozer 1965 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
"Posidonia aranea" = Ellesmerella aranea
"Posidonia aranea" = Ellesmerella aranea Tozer 1961 oyster