Catoche Point, Catoche Formation (Ordovician to of Canada)

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (50.7° N, 57.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 2.2° N, 82.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Catoche Formation (St. George Group), Tulean to Tulean (481.7 - 471.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; thrombolitic limestone and dolomitic limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: W. D. Boyce. 1985. Cambrian-Ordovician biostratigraphic investigations, Great Northern Peninsula, western Newfoundland. Current Research 85(1):60-70 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195776: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 24.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Artiopoda
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Trilobita "indet. A", Trilobita "indet. B"
Trilobita "indet. A" Walch 1771 trilobite
Strigigenalis caudata
Trilobita "indet. B" Walch 1771 trilobite
Petigurus nero
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Strotactinus insularis
Strotactinus insularis Billings 1865 trilobite
 Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Ischyrotoma anataphra
Ischyrotoma anataphra Fortey 1979 trilobite
 Proetida - Bathyuridae
Petigurus sp., Petigurus nero, Catochia ornata, Catochia glabra, Bolbocephalus convexus, "Jeffersonia angustimarginata" = Jeffersonia jenni, Jeffersonia timon, Benthamaspis gibberula, Benthamaspis conica, Bathyurellus abruptus, Bathyurellus platypus, Uromystrum forteyi, Punka sp., Punka flabelliformis, Strigigenalis caudata, Strigigenalis brevicaudata
Petigurus sp. Raymond 1913 trilobite
Petigurus nero Billings 1865 trilobite
Catochia ornata Fortey 1979 trilobite
Catochia glabra Fortey 1979 trilobite
Bolbocephalus convexus Billings 1865 trilobite
"Jeffersonia angustimarginata" = Jeffersonia jenni Cullison 1944 trilobite
Jeffersonia timon Billings 1865 trilobite
Benthamaspis gibberula Billings 1865 trilobite
Benthamaspis conica Fortey 1979 trilobite
Bathyurellus abruptus Billings 1865 trilobite
Bathyurellus platypus Fortey 1979 trilobite
Punka sp. Fortey 1979 trilobite
Punka flabelliformis Fortey 1979 trilobite
Strigigenalis caudata Billings 1865 trilobite
Strigigenalis brevicaudata Boyce 1989 trilobite
 Proetida - Telephinidae
Carolinites genacinaca, Opipeuter sp.
Carolinites genacinaca Ross 1951 trilobite
Carolinites genacinaca nevadensis
Opipeuter sp. Fortey 1974 trilobite
Opipeuter sp. cf. O. angularis
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
"Isoteloides latimarginatus" = Isoteloides canalis, Isoteloides peri
"Isoteloides latimarginatus" = Isoteloides canalis Whitfield 1886 trilobite
Isoteloides peri Fortey 1979 trilobite