ammonites
AK 5a/5e, Akimiski Island, James Bay (Silurian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 3542

Where: Nunavut, Canada (53.2° N, 81.1° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° S, 42.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Attawapiskat Formation, Telychian (436.0 - 428.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• coral-stromatoporoid reef

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: collected area: 4 mē

Primary reference: J. Jin. 2003. The Early Silurian brachiopod Eocoelia from the Hudson Bay Basin, Canada. Palaeontology 46(5):885-902 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77338: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.01.2008