ammonites
GSC loc. 75417 Bromley Island (Ordovician to of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (82.9° N, 78.2° W: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 28.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: A Member (Cape Discovery Formation), Wildernessian to Wildernessian (460.9 - 418.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous conglomerate and lithified, calcareous sandstone

• Member A consists of conglomerate and sandstone with carbonate content, mainly dolomitic, increasing in proportion progressively from base to top.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. P. Trettin. 1969. Geology of Ordovician to Pennsylvanian rocks, M'Clintock Inlet, north coast of Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 183:1-93 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 109048: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 10.05.2011