Strand Fjord, Axel Heiberg Island (Triassic of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (79.3° N, 89.4° W: paleocoordinates 52.3° N, 25.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fosheim Member (Heiberg Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta plain; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (CMN)

Primary reference: M. J. Vavrek, H. C. E. Larsson, and N. Rybczynski. 2007. A Late Triassic flora from east-central Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:1653-1659 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207614: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 21.01.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Lepidopteris ottonis
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Todites sp.
Todites sp. Seward 1900
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites cf. mucronatus, Podozamites cf. schenki
Podozamites cf. mucronatus Harris 1935 podocarp
Podozamites cf. schenki Heer 1876 podocarp
 Coniferales - Palissyaceae
Stachyotaxus elegans
Stachyotaxus elegans Nathorst 1908
 Bennettitales -
Pterophyllum astartense, Anomozamites sp., Vardekloeftia sp.
Anomozamites sp. Schimper 1870
Vardekloeftia sp. Harris 1932
Ginkgoopsida
 Czekanowskiales -
cf. Czekanowskia sp.