1/4 of a mile S of Clay cliffs, Sheguiandah Shale (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (45.7° N, 81.6° W: paleocoordinates 22.8° S, 55.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sheguiandah Formation, Edenian (451.0 - 450.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138(121):1-99 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173020: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Susan Scholze on 08.09.2015, edited by Björn Kröger

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
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Lichenocrinus obliquus Ulrich 1925 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta madisonensis Ulrich 1894 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster