Where: Nunavut, Canada (80.0° N, 85.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 51.9° N, 11.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Heiberg Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• Possibly middle Norian, about 250 feet above base of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E.T. Tozer in 1956; reposited in the GSC
Primary reference: E. T. Tozer. 1961. Triassic stratigraphy and faunas, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 316:1-116 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142423: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Oxytoma kiparisovae Tozer 1961 scallop
Meleagrinella antiqua Tozer 1970 scallop |