76-85 (Eocene of Canada)

Also known as CMN P7502

Where: Nunavut, Canada (78.7° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 75.9° N, 29.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Margaret Formation (Eureka Sound Group), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• late early Eocene, Bay Fiord, central Ellesemere Island

•age around 53Ma according to Sudermann et al. 2020

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson. 2014. Northernmost Global Record for Multituberculata from the Eocene of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(6):1476-1480 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 163833: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2014, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Gastornithiformes - Gastornithidae
Gastornis sp. Hébert 1855 bird
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus arctos n. sp. Beard and Dawson 2014 multituberculate