A830 Galiote-la-Chute, Anticosti Island (Silurian of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (49.3° N, 63.3° W: paleocoordinates 22.6° S, 33.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pavillon Member (Jupiter Formation), Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified, calcareous shale

• BA-2

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. Nestor, P. Copper, and C. Stock. 2010. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian stromatoporoid sponges from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada: Crossing the O/S mass extinction boundary 1-163 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113307: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon variolare
Clathrodictyon variolare Rosen 1867 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Camptodictyon penefastigiatum
Camptodictyon penefastigiatum Nestor et al. 2010 stromatoporoid sponge