GSC C-31226, Otto Fiord, Ellesmere Island: Podolskian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae
Petalaxis donbassicus
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Nunavut
Coordinates: 81.3° North, 86.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.1° North, 0.2° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Moscovian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 4
Key time interval: Podolskian
Age range of interval: 311.4 - 308.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nansen
Local section:Otto Fiord Local bed:196 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Podolskian or Myachkovian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified dolomite
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Metadata
Database number:76965
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-12-11 07:29:52 Last modified:2007-12-11 09:29:52
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-12-11 07:29:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26030. E. W. Bamber and J. Fedorowski. 1998. Biostratigraphy and systematics of Upper Carboniferous cerioid rugose corals, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 511:1-127 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]