East River of Pictou: Westphalian C, Canada
collected by James Barnes
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Blattodea
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Archimulacris acadicus n. sp.
Scudder 1868
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates: | 45.6° North, 62.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.5° South, 5.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Moscovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Westphalian C | ||
| Age range of interval: | 314.6 - 309.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Stellarton | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Shale overlying the roof of the main seam of Pictou coal (=Foord Seam). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" | ||
| Lithology description: dark grey shale | |||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: Maritimes basin; major rift-valley system developed after the Acadian orogeny | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | James Barnes |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122594 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-01-03 17:07:06 | Last modified: | 2020-12-28 11:13:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-03 17:07:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25764. | J. W. Dawson. 1868. Acadian Geology. The Geological Structure, Organic Remains, and Mineral Resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island 1-694 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 49690 | S. H. Scudder. 1868. The fossil insects of North America. The Geological Magazine 5:172-177 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |