Clay cliff, Waynesville Fm. (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (45.7° N, 81.6° W: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 52.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Waynesville Formation, Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138(121):1-99 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173013: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Susan Scholze on 08.09.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Opisthoptera fissicosta" = Opisthoptera casei
"Opisthoptera fissicosta" = Opisthoptera casei Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema bilix Conrad 1842 snail
Cyclonema bilix conicum
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni
"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni Safford 1869 snail
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa Hall 1866
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus gigas Dekay 1824 trilobite