GSC 53850, Section 116P-11, Symmetry Mountain (Permian of Canada)

Where: Yukon, Canada (67.7° N, 136.3° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 22.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Takhandit Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• 2655 feet above top of Devonian; Cancrinelloides zone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E.W. Bamber in 1962

Primary reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1971. The Permian brachiopod genus Terrakea Booker, 1930. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 3:347-361 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120484: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Terrakea arctica n. sp.
Terrakea arctica n. sp. Waterhouse 1971
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
? Arctitreta sp.
? Arctitreta sp. Whitfield 1908
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
? Pterospirifer sp.
? Pterospirifer sp. Dunbar 1955
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella sp.
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932