Southwestern District of Mackenzie, Whittaker Anticline (H-1975) (Ordovician of Canada)

Also known as H 1975

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (62.5° N, 124.9° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° N, 57.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Whittaker Formation, Wildernessian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: chemical,

Primary reference: M. J. Copeland. 1974. Middle Ordovician ostracoda from southwestern District of Mackenzie. Canada Geological Survey Bulletin (244)1-55 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102248: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 12.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
? Krausella cf. acuta
 Palaeocopida - Oepikiumidae
Oepikium sp.
Oepikium sp. Agnew 1942 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
? Tetradella sp.
? Tetradella sp. Ulrich 1890 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Eurychilinidae
Eurychilina sp.
Eurychilina sp. Ulrich 1889 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Oepikellidae
Oepikella labrosa
 Palaeocopida - Bolliidae
Dicranella bicornis
Trilobita
 Lichida - Lichidae
Hemiarges diadayma
Hemiarges diadayma Rudkin et al. 1994 trilobite