Lower assemblage at Key Point well, Isle Vanier (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (76.2° N, 104.3° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° S, 20.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hecla Bay Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and shale

• Whiteley (1980, p.303): The interbedded quartzitic sandstones and dark shales of the Hecla Bay Formation are lithologically distinct.

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: core, chemical,

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 22873: authorized by Bill Stein, entered by Nicole Smith on 28.06.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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 Life -
Archaeoperisaccus spp. Naumova 1960 acritarchs
This and the below species are believed to be contaminants from above.
Punctatisporites
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Punctatisporites spp. PotoniƩ and Kremp 1954
Polypodiopsida
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Retusotriletes
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Retusotriletes spp. Naumova 1953
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Hymenozonotriletes
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Sphenopsida
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Acanthotriletes
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Samarisporites
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Grandispora
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