Svartevaeg Cliffs, Axel Heiberg Island (Permian of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.3° N, 92.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 4.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Probably Sabine Bay Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by C.E. Helsley, F.G. Stehli in 1963

• Three blocks collected in a very short time due to inclement weather.

Primary reference: F. G. Stehli and R. E. Grant. 1971. Permian Brachiopods from Axel Heiberg Island, Canada, and an Index of Sampling Efficiency. Journal of Paleontology 45(3):502-521 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118084: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina cf. pectinifera
 Spiriferinida - Licharewiidae
Licharewia sp.
 Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Callispirina sp.
Callispirina sp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina cf. cristata
Spiriferellina cf. cristata von Schlotheim 1816
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris aquilonia n. sp.
Crurithyris aquilonia n. sp. Stehli and Grant 1971
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia sp.
Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Neospirifer cf. groenwalli" = Fasciculatia groenwalli
"Neospirifer cf. groenwalli" = Fasciculatia groenwalli Dunbar 1962
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella loveni
Spiriferella loveni Diener 1903
 Spiriferida - Paeckelmanellidae
Paeckelmannella calignea n. sp.
Paeckelmannella calignea n. sp. Stehli and Grant 1971
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Spirelytha cf. sheii, Anomaloria sp., ? Permophricodothyris sp.
Spirelytha cf. sheii Tschernyschew 1916
Anomaloria sp. Cooper and Grant 1969
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia sp.
Orthotichia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Stenoscisma sp.
Stenoscisma sp. Conrad 1839
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora nikitini
Rhynchopora nikitini Tschernyschew 1889
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Leiorhynchoidea cf. variabilis
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Glossothyropsis sp.
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp.
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
Strophomenata
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Liosotella cf. vadosisinuata" = Anemonaria vadosisinuata, "Liosotella pseudohorrida" = Anemonaria pseudohorrida
"Liosotella cf. vadosisinuata" = Anemonaria vadosisinuata Dunbar 1955
"Liosotella pseudohorrida" = Anemonaria pseudohorrida Wiman 1914
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella cf. tenuissima, Cancrinella cf. cancriniformis, "Linoproductus cf. kulikii" = Megousia kulikii
Cancrinella cf. cancriniformis Tschernyschew 1889
"Linoproductus cf. kulikii" = Megousia kulikii Fredericks 1915
 Productida - Productidae
Yakovlevia cf. mammata
Yakovlevia cf. mammata Keyserling 1846
 Productida - Productellidae
Thamnosia cf. arctica
Thamnosia cf. arctica Whitfield 1908
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Arctitreta kempei
Arctitreta kempei Andersson 1914
 Strophomenida -
Chonetoidea indet.
Chonetoidea indet. Bronn 1862