GSC C-45455, Yelverton Inlet, Ellesmere Island: Bashkirian, Canada
collected by U. Mayr 1975-1982
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Palaeosmiliidae
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Palaeosmilia murchisoni
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lithostrotionidae
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? Tizraia sp.
Said and Rodriguez 2007
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| aff. "Diphyphyllum" carinatum sensu Gorsky, 1951 (non Carruthers, 1909) | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lonsdaleiidae
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Lonsdaleia duplicata
(Martin 1809)
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Fedorowski and Bamber 2012 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Pseudostaffellidae
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Pseudostaffella timanica
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nunavut |
| Coordinates: | 81.9° North, 79.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.4° North, 0.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Bashkirian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Bashkirian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 323.20000 - 315.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Otto Fiord | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Basal Otto Fiord Fm.; early late Bashkirian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
| Geology comments: Basinward of "outer shelf carbonates" of Nansen Formation | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | GSC | ||
| Collectors: | U. Mayr | Collection dates: | 1975-1982 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 135685 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Clapham, M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-02 07:02:04 | Last modified: | 2015-09-04 15:12:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-02 07:02:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43398. | J. Fedorowski, E. W. Bamber, and D. V. Baranova. 2012. An unusual occurrence of Bashkirian (Pennsylvanian) rugose corals from the Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada. Journal of Paleontology 86:979-995 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 48292 | J. Fedorowski and E. W. Bamber. 2012. Paleobiogeographic significance of Bashkirian (Pennsylvanian) rugose corals from northernmost Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Geologica Belgica 15(4):350-354 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |