GSC C-27725 Ware (Silurian to of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (57.4° N, 125.1° W: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 72.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Llandovery to Llandovery (443.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• latest Llandovery-Wenlock

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. K. Rigby and D. R. Harris. 1979. A new Silurian sponge fauna from northern British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 53(4):968-980 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120574: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Cyrtograptidae
Cyrtograptus sp. graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Monograptus sp. graptolite
Monograptus ex gr. priodon Bronn 1835 graptolite
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Protospongia conica n. sp. Rigby and Harris 1979 glass sponge
 Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae
Norfordia gabrielsei n. gen. n. sp.
Norfordia gabrielsei n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Harris 1979 glass sponge