GSC C-116065 (84MJO-KL15), Canada Lafarge Cement Quarry, Kamloops (Permian of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (50.7° N, 120.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 44.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Harper Ranch Group, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• Conodont fauna 2 of Orchard & Forster (1988)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• Carbonate lithofacies are varied and range from thin-bedded micrite to massive, coarse-grained biosparite; some limestones are silicified and many are partly dolomitized.

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: S. Crasquin-Soleau and M. J. Orchard. 1994. Upper Paleozoic ostracodes of the Harper Ranch beds (south-central British Columbia, Canada). Micropaleontology 40(3):242-254 [S. Crasquin/M. Troy/M. Troy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106673: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.03.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae
Aurikirkbya cf. kellettae, Kirkbya buekkensis, ? Ectodemites cf. plummeri
Aurikirkbya cf. kellettae Harlton 1929 ostracod
Kirkbya buekkensis Kozur 1985 ostracod
? Ectodemites cf. plummeri Cooper 1946 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Knightina "sp. 1", Carinaknightina "sp. 1"
Knightina "sp. 1" Kellett 1933 ostracod
Carinaknightina "sp. 1" Sohn 1970 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
Amphissites "sp. 1", Amphissites carinodus, Amphissites centronotus, Polytylites cf. inornatus
Amphissites "sp. 1" Girty 1910 ostracod
Amphissites carinodus Cooper 1957 ostracod
Amphissites centronotus Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Kellettinidae
Kindlella "sp. 1"
Kindlella "sp. 1" Sohn 1954 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella "sp. 2"
Microcheilinella "sp. 2" Geis 1933 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella cf. reticulata
Basslerella cf. reticulata Shi 1987 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia (Rectobairdia) cf. powersi
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
? Pseudobythocypris cf. pediformis
 Podocopida - Quasillitidae
"Valentinia dercourti n. sp." = Crasquinia dercourti
"Valentinia dercourti n. sp." = Crasquinia dercourti Crasquin-Soleau 1994 ostracod