Also known as Eames River, Aulavik National Park
Where: Northwest Territory, Canada (74.2° N, 120.8° W: paleocoordinates 78.2° N, 90.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Cyclic Member (Eureka Sound Formation), Early/Lower Eocene to Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 37.2 Ma)
• Cyclic Member, Eureka Sound Formation (early – middle Eocene)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), sieve,
Primary reference: J. J. Eberle, M. D. Gottfried, J. H. Hutchison and C. A. Brochu. 2014. First Record of Eocene Bony Fishes and Crocodyliforms from Canada’s Western Arctic. PLoS One 9(5):e96079 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 190390: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 07.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Eusuchia indet. crocodilian | |
Actinopteri | |
? Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
Esocidae indet. Cuvier 1817 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark | |
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark |