GCS 5851 Unites States Range ( of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (82.2° N, 75.3° W: paleocoordinates 81.2° N, 48.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tertiary (66.0 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siltstone

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 102070: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 07.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identified by G. E. Rouse
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Sphagnum
  - Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum sp.
Sphagnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp., Betula sp.
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Larix sp., Pinus sp.
Larix sp. Miller 1768 larch
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
including spruce and pine
Lycopodiopsida
 Selaginellales - Selaginellaceae
Selaginella selaginoides