Philipsburg, Naylor Ledge: Floian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae
Protocycloceras catulus (Billings 1865)
Ulrich et al. 1944
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae
Kirkoceras missisquoi (Billings 1865)
Ulrich et al. 1943
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Endoceras aristides (Billings 1865)
Ulrich et al. 1944 1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Rangeroceratidae
Protocycloceras repens (Billings 1856)
Ulrich et al. 1944 1 specimen
recombined as Anrangeroceras repens
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Tarphyceratidae
Centrotarphyceras apheusi Ulrich et al. 1942
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Estonioceratidae
Aphetoceras farnsworthi (Billings 1861)
1 specimen
Aphetoceras attenuatum Hyatt 1894
5 specimens
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Wichitoceras naylorense Ulrich et al. 1942
2 specimens
Arkoceras sp. Ulrich et al. 1942
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Quebec County:Missisquoi
Coordinates: 45.0° North, 73.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.1° South, 61.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Early/Lower Ordovician
Stage:Floian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
Key time interval:Floian Conodont zone: Oepikodus communis
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 470.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Naylor Ledge
Stratigraphy comments: Naylor Ledge Formation is early Floian after Kröger & Landing, 2009
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,original aragonite,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC,USNM
Metadata
Database number:98439
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:B. Kröger
Modifier:B. Kröger Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-10-06 10:37:33 Last modified:2010-11-28 06:50:29
Access level:the public Released:2010-10-06 10:37:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30180. E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1942. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, Part I: Nautilicones. Geological Society of America Special Papers 37:1-157 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]

Secondary references:

13254 E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, and A.K. Miller. 1943. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods. Part II, Brevicones. Geological Society of America Special Papers 49:1-240 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]
16397 E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1944. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, longicones and summary. Geological Society of America Special Paper 58:1-226 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/B. Kröger]