Svartevaeg Cliffs, Axel Heiberg Island: Kungurian, Canada
collected by C.E. Helsley, F.G. Stehli 1963

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina cf. pectinifera (Sowerby 1841)
(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Licharewiidae
Licharewia sp.
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Callispirina sp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina cf. cristata (von Schlotheim 1816)
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris aquilonia n. sp. Stehli and Grant 1971
(6 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer cf. groenwalli Dunbar 1962
recombined as Fasciculatia groenwalli
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella sp. (Tschernyschew 1902)
(2 measurements)
    = Spiriferella loveni Diener 1903
Waterhouse and Waddington 1982
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Paeckelmanellidae
Paeckelmannella calignea n. sp. Stehli and Grant 1971
(6 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Spirelytha cf. sheii (Tschernyschew 1916)
(1 measurement)
Anomaloria sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
(2 measurements)
? Permophricodothyris sp. Pavlova 1965
(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp. Conrad 1839
(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora nikitini Tschernyschew 1889
(3 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Leiorhynchoidea cf. variabilis (Ustritsky 1961)
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Glossothyropsis sp.
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
(2 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Liosotella cf. vadosisinuata Dunbar 1955
recombined as Anemonaria vadosisinuata
(5 measurements)
Liosotella pseudohorrida (Wiman 1914)
recombined as Anemonaria pseudohorrida
(5 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella cf. tenuissima Gobbett 1963
(1 measurement)
Cancrinella cf. cancriniformis (Tschernyschew 1889)
(1 measurement)
Linoproductus cf. kulikii (Fredericks 1915)
recombined as Megousia kulikii
(2 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Yakovlevia cf. mammata (Keyserling 1846)
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Thamnosia cf. arctica (Whitfield 1908)
(8 measurements)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Arctitreta kempei (Andersson 1914)
(5 measurements)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida
Chonetoidea indet. Bronn 1862
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Nunavut
Coordinates: 81.3° North, 92.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.8° North, 4.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Kungurian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 2
Key time interval:Kungurian
Age range of interval:283.50000 - 273.01000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Probably Sabine Bay Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified cherty/siliceous "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:C.E. Helsley, F.G. Stehli Collection dates:1963
Collection method comments: Three blocks collected in a very short time due to inclement weather.
Metadata
Database number:118084
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-10-05 16:31:42 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-10-05 16:31:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26805. F. G. Stehli and R. E. Grant. 1971. Permian Brachiopods from Axel Heiberg Island, Canada, and an Index of Sampling Efficiency. Journal of Paleontology 45(3):502-521 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

29759 J. B. Waterhouse and J. Waddington. 1982. Systematic descriptions, paleoecology and correlations of the late Paleozoic subfamily Spiriferellinae (Brachiopoda) from the Yukon Territory and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 289:1-73 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]