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
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Crinoidea | |
Lichenocrinus obliquus Ulrich 1925 Sea lily | |
Strophomenata | |
Plectambonites sericeus Sowerby 1839 | |
Bivalvia | |
Ctenodonta madisonensis Ulrich 1894 clam | |
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster |