Also known as Reef 188
Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.1° N, 85.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.4° N, 1.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hare Fiord Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)
• Most likely latest Pennsylvanian age, but not sure
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• Algae and forams
Primary reference: G. R. Davies and W. W. Nassichuk. 1973. The hydrozoan? Palaeoaplysina from the Upper Paleozoic of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Journal of Paleontology 47:251-265 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49761: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 25.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Palaeoaplysina sp. Krotov 1888 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
cf. Ivanovia sp. Khvorova 1946 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Epimastopora sp. Pia 1922 | |
Foraminifera | |
Climacammina sp. Brady 1873 | |
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854 | |
Cuneiphycus | |
? Cuneiphycus sp. Johnson 1960 | |
Hydrozoa | |
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |