GSC 5806 (Carboniferous of Canada)
Where: Nunavut, Canada (82.3° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 6.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Cape Rawson Group, Mississippian (358.9 - 323.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, black, argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hattersley-Smith
Primary reference: R. L. Christie. 1964. Geological Reconnaissance of northeastern Ellesmere Island, District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 331:1-79 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 101999: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Identified by F. M. Hueber
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unclassified | |
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Sphenopteridae | |
Sphenopteris sp. Sternberg 1825 | |
Asterocalamites scrobiculatus | |
Asterocalamites scrobiculatus Schlotheim 1879 | |
Pteropsida | |
Rhodea tenuis Gothan 1913 | |
Rhacopteris | |
Rhacopteris sp. Schimper 1869 |