Gaspé Wharf [Gaspé Sandstone] (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (48.8° N, 64.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° S, 11.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Battery Point Formation (Gaspé Sandstone Group), Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Battery Point Fm of the Gaspé Sandstone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Lower Devonian in text; presumably Emsian, as with other Gaspé Sandstone collections from this area. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 2300 ft above base of Gaspé Sandstone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Presumed lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto.

Primary reference: B. G. Gardiner. 1966. Catalogue of Canadian fossil fishes. Life Sciences Contribution of the Royal Ontario Museum 68:1-154 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161379: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to fishes. NOMENCLATURE: Semi-authoritative publication, with fairly modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Petromyzontida
 Cephalaspidiformes - Cephalaspidae
Cephalaspis westolli n. sp.
Cephalaspis westolli n. sp. Russell 1954