PBDB Collection

Fauna i, Section AV1, Whittaker Fm., Mackenzie Mts. (Silurian to of Canada)

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (62.4° N, 127.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 1.4° N, 106.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pterospathodus amorphognathoides zone, Whittaker Formation, Llandovery to Llandovery (443.1 - 426.7 Ma)

• Zonation based on conodonts present in AV sections 1, 2, and 4. (AV 3 and DR sections correlated with these on basis of trilobite faunal assemblages.)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; argillaceous limestone and calcareous shale

• "The strata assigned to the Whittaker Formation in these sections are largely deeper water platform margin or upper slope limestones and shales." Grand Cycle 1-2 transition.

•SEP environmental call based on given information

• Whittaker Fm. in general: "Beneath a distinctive buff-brown coloured shale unit, assigned to the base of the Delorme Fm., the strata consist of interbedded argillaceous limestones, calcareous shales, and cherty dolomites...The more carbonate-rich horizons contain rich silicified trilobite, conodont, and ostracode faunas. They also contain sparser coral, bryozoanb, brachiopod, mollusc, and other invertebrate faunas..."

Preservation: replaced with silica

Primary reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and D. G. Perry. 1983. Silicified Silurian odontopleurid trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains. Palaeontographica Canadiana 1:1-55 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26034: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 01.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae	Ceratocephala tungstenensis, Leonaspis belli, Odontopleura bombini Ceratocephala tungstenensis trilobite Leonaspis belli trilobite Odontopleura bombini trilobite
Phacopida - Cheiruridae	Protocerauroides lanei¹, Sphaerexochus dimorphus¹, Youngia steineri¹, "Youngia brennardi" = Parayoungia brennardi¹ Protocerauroides lanei¹ trilobite Sphaerexochus dimorphus¹ Whittington and Evitt 1953 trilobite Youngia steineri¹ Chatterton and Perry 1984 trilobite "Youngia brennardi" = Parayoungia brennardi¹ Chatterton and Perry 1984 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
Pentamerida - Gypidulidae	Caryogyps grayi² Caryogyps grayi² Zhang 1989
Orthida - Hesperorthidae	Hesperorthis avalanchensis² Hesperorthis avalanchensis² Jin and Chatterton 1997
Athyridida - Meristellidae	Whitfieldella sulcatina², Whitfieldella nitida² Whitfieldella sulcatina² Jin et al. 1993 Whitfieldella nitida² Hall 1843
Spiriferida - Reticulariidae	Spirinella struszi² Spirinella struszi² Zhang 1989
Atrypida - Atrypinidae	Plectatrypa savagei² Plectatrypa savagei² Zhang 1989

¹Chatterton and Perry 1984; ²Jin and Chatterton 1997