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
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Bivalvia | |
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster | |
"Opisthoptera fissicosta" = Opisthoptera casei
"Opisthoptera fissicosta" = Opisthoptera casei Meek and Worthen 1866 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
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"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni
"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni Safford 1869 snail | |
Craniata | |
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa Hall 1866 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838 | |
Strophomena planumbona Hall 1847 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Platystrophia clarksvillensis Foerste 1910 | |
Trilobita | |
Isotelus gigas Dekay 1824 trilobite |