Western Prince of Wales Island, Section 9-Downstream, Unit 3, GSC loc. C26906 (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (73.5° N, 100.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 3.8° N, 69.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• Unnamed formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray, argillaceous, silty lime mudstone and gray, silty, calcareous shale

• Deposits in this region are of two general kinds: shallow-water stable carbonate platform (generally in the NW part of Arctic Archipelago) and deeper basinal facies (generally to the SE). This collection is in the former. Author notes some similarities to Plicogypa-Atrypa community.

•SEP environmental call based on given info and regional context

• Section in general: Section 9 is an extraordinary one in that, within approximately 5 km, it undergoes a marked facies change. In the eastern part of the section, the units have a high content of angular quartz silt and are dolomitized, whereas in the western part they are limestones with less angular quartz silt. In the western part there are marked channeling and erosional surfaces within the limestone units..." This unit ["now in the limestone facies" i.e. after section break and tracing downstream]: "Argillaceous lime mudstone interbedded with calcareous shale; laminar; thin bedded, med. dark grey...poorly indurated, fissile, silty; few crinoids, rare brachiopods, more limy units are more indurated...horizon of abundant tiny brachiopods and rare fish"

Reposited in the GSC

• Smith gives specimen counts.

Primary reference: R. E. Smith. 1980. Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) biostratigraphy and brachiopod faunas, Canadian arctic islands. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 308:1-155 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26502: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Focus of the entire monograph is on brachiopods. Other taxa mentioned but not necessarily listed in detail.
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Conodonta
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Conodonta indet.
Conodonta indet. Pander 1856 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
? Pedavis sp.
? Pedavis sp. Klapper and Philip 1971 conodont
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet.
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
? Cymostrophia sp.
? Cymostrophia sp. Caster 1939
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Undispirifer laeviplicatus
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Plicogypa thorsteinssoni, ? Plicogypa sp.
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
? Spinatrypa sp.
? Spinatrypa sp. Stainbrook 1951
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Ancillotoechia sp.
Ancillotoechia sp. Havlicek 1959
 Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
Machaeraria obesa n. sp.
Machaeraria obesa n. sp. Smith 1980
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Linguopugnoides uyenoi n. sp.
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Protocortezorthis carinatus n. sp.