Where: Nunavut, Canada (76.9° N, 95.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 0.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Raanes Formation, Sakmarian (295.0 - 290.1 Ma)

• 149 m above base of formation. Listed as Belcher Channel Fm but section has been subdivided and this level probably corresponds to Raanes Fm (Henderson & Beauchamp, 1994).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: W. W. Nassichuk and G. R. Davies. 1975. The Permian Belcher Channel Formation at Grinnell Peninsula, Devon Island. Geological Survey of Canada Paper 75-1C:267-277 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115635: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 02.09.2011

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