Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island (Permian of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (82.5° N, 61.5° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 10.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1908. Notes and observations on Carboniferous fossils and semifossil shells brought home by members of the Peary expedition of 1905-1906. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(2):51-58 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95252: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Fasciculatia sp. Waterhouse 2004
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
""Spirifer" (Martinia) lineata" = Martinia
""Spirifer" (Martinia) lineata" = Martinia
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris arctica n. sp. Whitfield 1908
Strophomenata
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
""Productus" wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis
""Productus" wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Productellidae
"Productus" verneuilianus, "Productus arcticus n. sp." = Thamnosia arctica
"Productus arcticus n. sp." = Thamnosia arctica Whitfield 1908
Productus semireticulatus arcticus
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus borealis" = Horridonia horrida
"Productus borealis" = Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Arctitreta pearyi n. gen. n. sp.
Arctitreta pearyi n. gen. n. sp. Whitfield 1908