Where: Quebec, Canada (45.0° N, 73.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° S, 60.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Luke Hill Limestone Formation, Cassinian (478.6 - 468.1 Ma)
• Now lumped with Hastings Creek Formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast, original aragonite, original calcite, replaced with calcite
Reposited in the GSC, USNM
Primary reference: J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar. 1976. The paleontology of rostroconch mollusks and the early history of the phylum Mollusca. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 968:1-88 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101743: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 01.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rostroconchia | |
Euchasma blumenbachi Billings 1859 |