3/4 of a mile S of Clay cliffs, Lorraine Fm. (Ordovician of Canada)
Where: Ontario, Canada (45.7° N, 81.6° W: paleocoordinates 22.3° S, 53.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Lorraine Formation, Maysvillian (450.2 - 449.6 Ma)
• "Pholadomorpha zone = Lorraine Fm", in Foerste (1924)
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone
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 173021: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Susan Scholze on 08.09.2015
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Lyrodesma poststriatum Emmons 1842 clam | |
Pholadomorpha pholadiformis Hall 1851 clam | |
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster | |
Byssonychia radiata Hall 1847 clam | |
Clidophorus planulatus Conrad 1847 pointed nut clam | |
Tergomya | |
Cyrtolites ornatus Conrad 1838 |