Joggins Mines (USNM coll): Westphalian A, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Graeophonus carbonarius (Scudder 1876)
1 specimen
USNM 37964
Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Anthracomartidae
Anthracomartus triangularis n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1913
1 specimen
USNM 37968
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Nova Scotia
Coordinates: 45.7° North, 64.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.0° South, 7.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Carboniferous Epoch: Pennsylvanian
Stage: Bashkirian 10 m.y. bin: Carboniferous 4
Key time interval: Westphalian A
Age range of interval: 318.8 - 317 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Cumberland Formation:Joggins
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
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
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Database number:146858
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2013-07-01 06:52:55 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2013-07-01 06:52:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9398. A. I. Petrunkevitch. 1913. A monograph of the terrestrial Palaeozoic Arachnida of North America. Transactions of the Connecticut Acadamy of Arts and Sciences 18:1-137 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/M. Clapham]