GSC 5238 Gilman River (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (82.0° N, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 66.2° N, 5.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Jurassic (201.4 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale and lithified, sandy shale

Size class: macrofossils

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 102065: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 07.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identified by D. C. McGregor
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unclassified
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cf. Walchiapites sp., cf. Pteruchipollenites thomasii, cf. Aneimia sp.
Alisporites
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Alisporites sp.
Alisporites sp. Daugherty 1941
Striatriletes
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Striatriletes sp.
Striatriletes sp. Potonié 1956
Cirratriradites
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cf. Cirratriradites sp.
cf. Cirratriradites sp. Wilson and Coe 1940
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
cf. Podocarpus sp.
cf. Podocarpus sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
Densosporites
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Densosporites sp.
Densosporites sp. Berry 1937
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
cf. Perotrilites rugulatus
Sphagnaceae
  - Sphagnaceae
cf. Sphagnumsporites psilatus
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
Rugulatisporites sp.
Rugulatisporites sp. Pflug and Thomson 1953
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleicheniidites sp.
Gleicheniidites sp. Dettmann 1963
Pteridopsida
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Deltoidospora sp., Leiotriletes sp., cf. Cingulatisporites joveolatus
Deltoidospora sp. Miner 1935
cf. Coniopteris, Cyathidites
Leiotriletes sp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
Sporites
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cf. Sporites adriennis
cf. Sporites adriennis
f. mesazoicus