Where: Nunavut, Canada (79.8° N, 78.0° W: paleocoordinates 79.8° N, 78.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• No stratigraphic details provided in text.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: bulk,
• Collections were made between 1975 and 1993 during research prjects supported by the Geological Survey of Canada. Material probably reposited at Geological Survey of Canada.
Primary reference: S. Gordillo and A.E. Aitken. 2000. Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of Late Quaternary marine molluscan assemblages, Canadian Arctic achipelago. Geographie physique et Quaternaire 54(3):301-315 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48463: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Oenopota sp. Mörch 1852 cone shell | |
Retusa obtusa Montagu 1808 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam | |
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle | |
Astarte borealis Chemnitz 1784 clam | |
"Delectopecten greenlandicus" = Similipecten greenlandicus
"Delectopecten greenlandicus" = Similipecten greenlandicus Sowerby 1842 mud scallop | |
Bathyarca glacialis Gray 1824 clam |