Early Devonian Spores from Central Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic

The Vendom Fiord Formation near the head of Cañon Fiord, central Ellesmere Island, hitherto thought to be unfossiliferous, contains mid to late Emsian trilete spores. Strata below the Vendom Fiord Formation, separated from it by an unconformity, contain a less diverse assemblage of spores that sugge...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: McGregor, D. C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1974
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Arctic
Ellesmere Island
Vendom Fiord
Cañon Fiord
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e74-006
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e74-006
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Summary:The Vendom Fiord Formation near the head of Cañon Fiord, central Ellesmere Island, hitherto thought to be unfossiliferous, contains mid to late Emsian trilete spores. Strata below the Vendom Fiord Formation, separated from it by an unconformity, contain a less diverse assemblage of spores that suggests a mid to late Gedinnian age. The spores are the only fossils known from these beds, and the first palynomorphs to be reported from the Early Devonian rocks of Ellesmere Island.

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