GSC 84824. Western end of Salmon Cove, Long Point Peninsula (Ordovician of Canada)

Also known as GSC 89162. 7.5 km (4.7 mi) west-southwest of the village of Lourdes.

Where: Newfoundland, Canada (48.6° N, 59.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 16.0° S, 92.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baltoniodus variabilis conodont zone, Black Duck Member (Lourdes Limestone Formation), Sandbian (458.2 - 452.8 Ma)

• Black Duck Member (= Member II)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• Labyrinthites reef

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. T. Dean. 1979. Trilobites from the Long Point Group (Ordovician), Port au Port Peninsula, southwestern Newfoundland. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 290:1-53 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192738: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Thaleops "sp. B" Conrad 1843 trilobite
Illaenus kayi trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
"Encrinurus gibber n. sp." = Frencrinuroides gibber Dean 1979 trilobite
Cybeloides (Cybeloides) sp. Slocum 1913 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Ceraurus cetus n. sp. trilobite
Ceraurus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
Sphaerexochus sp. Beyrich 1845 trilobite
"Ceraurus cf. dentatus" = Gabriceraurus dentatus Raymond and Barton 1913 trilobite
Sphaerocoryphe sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
? Ceraurinella sp. Cooper 1953 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
Dolichoharpes sp. Whittington 1949 trilobite
Scotoharpes filiarum Dean 1979 trilobite