GSC C-188241, west Blind Fiord section 1 (Carboniferous of Canada)

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

• Thin bed of micritic limestone

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

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae
Boesites sp.
Boesites sp. Miller and Furnish 1940 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae
Daixites sp.
Daixites sp. Ruzhencev 1941 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
Neopronorites sp.
Neopronorites sp. Ruzhencev 1936 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
Agathiceras sp.
Agathiceras sp. Gemmellaro 1887 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Adrianitidae
Emilites sp.
Emilites sp. Ruzhencev 1938 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae
Glaphyrites sp.
Glaphyrites sp. Ruzhencev 1936 ammonite