Durham, Billings Localities: Gorstian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Billings 1865
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Whiteaves 1895
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Whiteaves 1895
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Plethospiridae
Whiteaves 1895
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Whiteaves 1895
Whiteaves 1895
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Whiteaves 1906
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Whiteaves 1895
Whiteaves 1895
Whiteaves 1895
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Codonocheilidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Whiteaves 1895
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Whiteaves 1895
Whiteaves 1895
Tergomya - Scenellidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Ontario
Coordinates: 44.2° North, 80.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.6° South, 77.5° West (Wright 2013)
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Ludlow
Stage: Gorstian 10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
Key time interval: Gorstian
Age range of interval: 426.7 - 425 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Guelph Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: dolomite
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Taxonomic list comments:Only gastropods included so far.
Metadata
Database number:155012
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-03-26 20:32:31 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2014-03-26 20:32:31
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
16442. J. F. Whiteaves. 1884. On some new, imperfectly characterized or previously unrecorded species of fossils from the Guelph Formations of Ontario. Palaeozoic Fossils 3(1):1-43 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

11492 E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
16443 J. F. Whiteaves. 1895. Revision of the fauna of the Guelph formation of Ontario, with descriptions of a few new species. Palaeozoic Fossils 3(2):45-109 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
16446 J. F. Whiteaves. 1906. The fossils of the Silurian (Upper Silurian) rocks of Keewatin, Manitoba, the north eastern shore of Lake Winnipegosis, and the lower Saskatchewan River. Palaeozoic Fossils 3(4):245-297 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]