Also known as Dixon 1998 Locality 1

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (73.3° N, 93.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 30.8° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Somerset Island Formation, Ludfordian (421.3 - 418.7 Ma)

• From basal 15 m of section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal wackestone and lime mudstone

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: O. A. Dixon. 1998. Heliolitine corals of the topmost Douro and overlying formations (Upper Silurian), Canadian Arctic Islands. Journal of Paleontology 72(6):937-966 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/W. Kiessling] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5786: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 01.12.1999

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