GSC loc. 24721 (Ordovician of Canada)
Where: Nunavut, Canada (82.7° N, 76.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 29.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: B Member (Zebra Cliffs Formation), Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. L. Christie. 1964. Geological Reconnaissance of northeastern Ellesmere Island, District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 331:1-79 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 101984: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Identified by G. Winston Sinclair
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Anthozoa | |
Columnaria aff. halysitoides horn coral | |
"Palaeofavosites sp." = Paleofavosites
"Palaeofavosites sp." = Paleofavosites Twenhofel 1914 tabulate coral | |
Halysites aff. feildeni tabulate coral | |
Plasmopora lambei tabulate coral | |
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral | |
"Calapoecia canadensis" = Calapoecia coxi
"Calapoecia canadensis" = Calapoecia coxi Bassler 1950 tabulate coral | |
Polychaeta | |
Polychaeta indet. Grube 1850 | |
Gastropoda | |
Holopea sp. Hall 1847 snail | |
Umbospira sp. Perner 1903 snail | |
Lophospira spp. Whitfield 1886 snail | |
Hormotoma gracilis Hall 1847 snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Stenolaemata | |
Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Rhinidictya sp. Ulrich 1882 | |
Ostracoda | |
"Conchoprimites sp." = Conchoprimitia
"Conchoprimites sp." = Conchoprimitia Opik 1935 ostracod | |
Aparchites sp. ostracod | |
Krausella sp. ostracod | |
Leperditia sp. Rouault 1851 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite |