GSC 37975, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island: Tuvalian - Julian, Canada
collected by R. Thorsteinsson 1956

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae
Rhacophyllites sp. Zittel 1884
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Nunavut
Coordinates: 80.1° North, 86.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.9° North, 5.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Carnian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 3
Key time interval: Tuvalian - Julian
Age range of interval: 233.6 - 233.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Blaa Mountain Member:Upper Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Collectors:R. Thorsteinsson Collection dates:1956
Metadata
Database number:57084
Authorizer:A. McGowan Enterer:A. McGowan
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-12-02 01:13:04 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-12-02 01:13:04
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
11541. E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]