27 m height of Section ABR2, Cape Phillips Fm., Cornwallis Island, Northwest Ter (Silurian of Canada)
Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (75.0° N, 95.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 32.5° W)
When: perneri-opimus (Graptolite) zone, Cape Phillips Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: slope; calcareous carbonate and shale
• "A series of carbonate debris flows [into basinal shales] derived from the platform margin is preserved in this area. It is from these gravity flow deposits that silicified fossils have been recovered."
Primary reference: J. M. Adrain and G. D. Edgecombe. 1997. Silurian (Wenlock) Calymenid trilobites from the Cape Phillips Formation, central Canadian Arctic. Journal of Paleontology 71(4):657-682 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 680: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 23.02.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Calymenid trilobites only; article states there is a rich graptolite fauna as well.
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Trilobita | |
Kettneraspis wrightae Adrain and Ramskold 1997 trilobite
Edgecombeaspis aff. johansonae trilobite new species - originally entered as "Edgecombeaspis aff. johansonae"
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Arcticalymene jonesi trilobite
Arcticalymene cooki trilobite |