GSC Loc. 52491 - Axel Heiberg Island [Deer Bay Fm] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (79.5° N, 90.0° W: paleocoordinates 70.1° N, 9.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Valanginian, on the basis of ammonite and bivalve biostratigraphy; 46.5 m above Buchia okensis-Craspedites suprasubditus zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not reported in text, but apparently marine siliciclastic.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but likely to be siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, replaced with pyrite

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).

Primary reference: J. A. Jeletzky. 1979. Eurasian craspeditid genera Temnoptychites and Tollia in the lower Valanginian of Sverdrup Basin, District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 299:1-89 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87566: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for marine invertebrate fauna. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Tollia aff. vai