A734: Aeronian, Canada
collected by P. Copper
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptostrophiidae
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Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) sp.
(Cocks 1967)
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| original and current combination Megastrophia (Eomegastrophia) | |||||||
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Brachyprion (Eomegastrophia) philomela
(Billings 1860)
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122 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Eomegastrophia philomena | |||||||
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Brachyprion (Brachyprion) leda
(Billings 1860)
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161 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Brachyprion leda | |||||||
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Brachyprion (Brachyprion) sp.
Shaler 1865
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Chilidiopsidae
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Coolinia gamachiana
(Twenhofel 1928)
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91 specimens | ||||||
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Coolinia pecten
(Linnaeus 1758)
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384 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Dalejina hybrida
(Sowerby 1839)
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Li and Copper 2006 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Levenea rica
Li and Copper 2006
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Li and Copper 2006 | 1 specimen | |||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 49.3° North, 62.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.4° South, 34.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
| Stage: | Aeronian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Aeronian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 440.80000 - 438.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous lime mudstone | ||
| Lithology description: Member description taken from 2007 Long. Tempestite frequency curves: a key to Late Ordovician and Early Silurian subsidence, sea-level change, and orbital forcing in the Anticosti foreland basin, Quebec, Canada. Can. J. Earth Sci. Vol. 44, 413-431. "In the type section, at the east end of the island, the Goéland Member consists of 55 m of recessive weathering, calcareous mudstones and lesser interbedded micritic limestone, and bioclastic grainstone." | |||
| Environment: | carbonate indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | P. Copper |
| Taxonomic list comments:Brachiopods only. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 158611 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Finnegan | Enterer: | S. Finnegan |
| Modifier: | S. Finnegan | ||
| Created: | 2014-07-21 20:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-01-07 12:21:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-07-21 20:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 51869. | K. Dewing. 1999. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian strophomenid brachiopods of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. In A. D. McCracken (ed.), Palaeontographica Canadiana 17:1-143 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan] |
Secondary references:
| 51867 | R. Li and P. Copper. 2006. Early Silurian (Llandovery) orthide brachiopods from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada: the O/S extinction recovery fauna. Special Papers in Palaeontology 76:5-71 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan] |