Where: Nunavut, Canada (78.4° N, 85.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.5° N, 0.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Belcher Channel Formation, Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)
• 235 m above the lowest exposures of the Belcher Channel Formation. Thin (10 cm) bed. Later assigned to Gzhelian (perhaps early Gzhelian) by Henderson et al., 1995.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. W. Nassichuk and C. M. Henderson. 1986. Lower Permian (Asselian) ammonoids and conodonts from the Belcher Channel Formation, southwestern Ellesmere Island. Current Research, Part B. Geological Survey of Canada 86-1B:411-416 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117189: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Boesites sp. Miller and Furnish 1940 ammonite | |
Daixites sp. Ruzhencev 1941 ammonite | |
Neopronorites sp. Ruzhencev 1936 ammonite | |
Agathiceras sp. Gemmellaro 1887 ammonite | |
Emilites sp. Ruzhencev 1938 ammonite | |
Glaphyrites sp. Ruzhencev 1936 ammonite |