C-27287: Maastrichtian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Costatheca dakotaensis seed/fruit
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Styx cf. kondinskayae megaspore
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Styx canadensis megaspore
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32 specimens | |||||||||
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Costatheca tenuis seed/fruit
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Costatheca diskoensis seed/fruit
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64 specimens | |||||||||
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Costatheca levis seed/fruit
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Henrisporites informal sp. megaspore
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| sp. B | ||||||||||
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Lycopodiopsida
- Isoetales
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Minerisporites informal sp. megaspore
Potonie 1956
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| sp. B | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Striatriletes radialis megaspore
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Spermatites spp. seed/fruit
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111 specimens | |||||||||
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Pteridopsida
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Triletes informal sp. megaspore
Reinsch 1881
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| sp. A | ||||||||||
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Polypodiopsida
- Marsileaceae
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Molaspora lobata megaspore
Hall and Peake 1968
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Echitriletes informal sp. megaspore
der Hammen
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20 specimens | |||||||||
| sp. A | ||||||||||
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Echitriletes cf. mineri megaspore
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bacutriletes informal sp. megaspore
Van der Hammen 1955
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| sp. A | ||||||||||
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Tenellisporites informal sp. megaspore
Potonié 1956
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| sp. D | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nunavut |
| Coordinates: | 78.2° North, 99.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 76.4° North, 18.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Cretaceous - Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Late - Late |
| *International age/stage: | Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Eureka Sound |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original sporopollenin |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | GSC |
| Taxonomic list comments:Figures indicate the number of specimens recovered from 200 gms of sample. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | GSC loc. C-27287, about 250 ft above Fm. base, Meteorologist Peninsula (Eureka Sound Formation) | ||
| Database number: | 32601 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Lupia | Enterer: | T. Naeher |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-07-09 20:59:53 | Last modified: | 2018-11-18 15:11:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-07-09 20:59:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8775. | A. R. Sweet. 1979. Jurassic and Cretaceous Megaspores. AASP Contributions Series Number 5B: Contributions of Stratigrphic Palynology (with emphasis on North America): Mesozoic Palynology 2(5B):1-30 [R. Lupia/T. Naeher/T. Naeher] |