Where: Yukon, Canada (65.0° N, 140.9° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 30.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Orthotichia-Septospirifer brachiopod zone, Jungle Creek Formation, Kasimovian (307.0 - 303.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. W. Bamber and J.B. Waterhouse. 1971. Carboniferous and Permian Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Northern Yukon Territory, Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 19(1):29-250 [T. Olszewski/M. Gibson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 10265: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Melissa Gibson on 25.03.2001, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Orthotichia cf. morganiana Derby 1874 | |
Brachythyris sp. M'Coy 1844 | |
Spiriferella yukonensis Waterhouse and Waddington 1982 |