GSC loc. C-8 - head of M'Clintock Inlet: Wildernessian - Richmondian, Canada
collected by W. W. Nassichuk
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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| two species | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Rostricellula sp.
Ulrich and Cooper 1942
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nunavut |
| Coordinates: | 82.5° North, 75.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.4° North, 30.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Key time interval: | Wildernessian - Richmondian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 457.00000 - 446.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Zebra Cliffs | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 690 feet above base of section. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified silty,sandy "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | W. W. Nassichuk |
Metadata
| Database number: | 109072 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | S. Kolbe |
| Modifier: | S. Kolbe | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-11 12:10:26 | Last modified: | 2011-05-10 22:11:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-11 12:10:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36086. | H. P. Trettin. 1969. Geology of Ordovician to Pennsylvanian rocks, M'Clintock Inlet, north coast of Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 183:1-93 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe] |