GSC loc. 7473: Pennsylvanian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lepidodendrales
- Lepidodendraceae
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? Lepidodendron wortheni
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Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nunavut |
| Coordinates: | 82.7° North, 76.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.0° North, 1.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pennsylvanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 323.2 - 298.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Map unit 10B, Trettin 1969. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified calcareous "shale" |
| Environment: | deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: Shallow marine, brackish, and perhaps also non-marine, fluvial environments; unequivocal evidence for open marine environments is lacking. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Identified by W.A. Bell | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 111665 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | S. Kolbe |
| Modifier: | S. Kolbe | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-27 04:58:06 | Last modified: | 2011-06-26 15:08:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-27 04:58:06 |
| 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] |