Eurypterid-associated fauna Base of St. Edmund Fm. at Manitoulin Is., Ont. (Silurian of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (45.8° N, 82.3° W: paleocoordinates 20.6° S, 48.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: St. Edmund Formation, Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; dolomite

• "Probably BA 1"

•SEP environmental call based on given information

• "Tan, thinly laminated, fine-grained to crystalline dolomite"

Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13854: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 29.04.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Given as: Brachiopod (`Lingula')
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae
Carcinosoma libertyi