Also known as West of Wood Glacier
Where: Nunavut, Canada (80.9° N, 84.3° W: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 1.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Otto Fiord Formation, Westphalian A (318.1 - 314.6 Ma)
• "Bloydian (Westphalian A = Kayalian)... 1,200 feet above the base of the Otto Fiord Formation"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, muddy limestone
•definitely lithified based on preservation of specimens
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Reposited in the GSC
Primary reference: H. L. Strimple and W.W. Nassichuk. 1974. Pennsylvanian crinoids from Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Journal of Paleontology 48:1149-1155 [G. Webster/G. Webster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90768: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.08.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Komia sp. Korde 1951 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Beresella sp. Makhaev 1937 | |
Foraminifera | |
Climacammina sp. Brady 1873 | |
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854 | |
Diplosphaerina sp. Derville 1952 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Branneroceras branneri Smith 1896 ammonite | |
Crinoidea | |
Anchicrinus planulatus Moore and Strimple 1973 Sea lily |