Southwestern District of Mackenzie, Dusky Range (R-625) (Ordovician of Canada)

Also known as R 625

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (63.3° N, 125.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.1° N, 56.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Whittaker Formation, Wildernessian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: chemical,

Primary reference: M. J. Copeland. 1974. Middle Ordovician ostracoda from southwestern District of Mackenzie. Canada Geological Survey Bulletin (244)1-55 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25867: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 26.09.2002, edited by Melanie Hopkins

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Whittakerites planatus Ludvigsen 1976 trilobite