GSC loc. 7473: Pennsylvanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
? Lepidodendron wortheni
see common names

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:323.20000 - 298.90000 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]