Cossett's Pit, Sydney coalfield, Cape Breton: Westphalian C - Westphalian D, Canada
collected by A. J. Hill
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Pteropsida
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Alethopteris sp.
Sternberg 1825
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Scudder 1879 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Pecopteris (Alethopteris) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Libellula carbonaria n. sp.
Scudder 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Arthropoda | ||||||||||
| McGill 3085 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
- Mylacridae
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Blattina sepulta n. sp.
Scudder 1876
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Hemimylacrinae | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates: | 46.3° North, 60.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.5° South, 3.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| Stage: | Moscovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Westphalian C - Westphalian D | ||
| Age range of interval: | 314.60000 - 307.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "...from a rather lower horizon than that in which the Cape Breton species of Mylacris occurred, or in the lower part of the middle coal formation near the upper limit of the millstone grit." Scudder, 1879
"Allegheny" age in Handlirsch. Sydney Coalfield considered to range from Westphalian C to Cantabrian in age (Lonchopteris eschweileriana and L. oblique zones). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified "shale" | ||
| Lithology description: dark grey shale | |||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: Maritimes basin; major rift-valley system developed after the Acadian orogeny | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | A. J. Hill |
| Collection method comments: Repository: McGill University (for some specimens at least) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122607 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-01-03 19:54:51 | Last modified: | 2013-12-08 18:01:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-03 19:54:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 49338. | S. H. Scudder. 1876. New and interesting insects from the Carboniferous of Cape Breton. The Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science 8:88-90 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 49723 | S. H. Scudder. 1876. New and interesting insects from the Carboniferous of Cape Breton. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 24(2):110-111 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 37755 | S. H. Scudder. 1879. Palaeozoic Cockroaches: A complete revision of the species of both worlds, with an essay toward their classification. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 3:23-134 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] |