Where: Nunavut, Canada (76.2° N, 104.3° W: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 20.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Burnett Point (Parry Islands) Member (Upper Hecla Bay--Beverly Inlet--Parry Islands Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• Genus list was not divided by formation, and it was impossible to seperate the geologies into individual collections.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; shale and sandstone
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: core, chemical,
• This collection includes samples 6-20.
Primary reference: M. J. Whiteley. 1980. Givetian and Frasnian spores from the Key Point well, Parry Islands, Arctic Canada. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 29:301-311 [W. Stein/N. Smith/N. Smith]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22869: authorized by Bill Stein, entered by Nicole Smith on 28.06.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Punctatisporites | |
Punctatisporites sp. PotoniƩ and Kremp 1954 | |
Dictyotriletes | |
unclassified | |
Archaeozonotriletes variabilis, Auroraspora macromanifestus, Auroraspora micromanifestus, Chelinospora concinna, Contagisporites optivus, Verruciretusispora pallida, Ancyrospora ampulla, Ancyrospora ancyrea, Ancyrospora furcula, Ancyrospora melvillensis, Hystricosporites costatus, Hystricosporites delectabilis, Hystricosporites furcatus, Hystricosporites grandis, Lagenicula devonica, Triangulartisporites sp.
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Hymenozonotriletes | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Sphenopsida | |
Acanthotriletes | |
Retusotriletes | |
Retusotriletes sp. Naumova 1953 | |
Anapiculatisporites | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Perotrilites conatus spikemoss | |
Archaeoperisaccus opiparus, Archaeoperisaccus oblongus, Archaeoperisaccus scabratus, Geminospora verrucosa
Archaeoperisaccus opiparus acritarchs
Archaeoperisaccus oblongus acritarchs
Archaeoperisaccus scabratus acritarchs | |
Apiculiretusispora | |
Samarisporites | |