Snake Island (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (45.9° N, 81.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.0° S, 107.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; 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 173116: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Susan Scholze on 10.09.2015

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Holtedahlina sulcata Hall and Clarke 1892
Holtedahlina sulcata moniquensis
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Amplexoporidae
Rhombotrypa quadrata Rominger 1866
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae
Stromatocerium huronense Billings 1865 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Sarcinulida - Syringophyllidae
Calapoecia huronensis Billings 1865 tabulate coral
 Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Lyopora goldfussi Billings 1858 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
"Streptelasma rusticum" = Helicelasma rusticum
"Streptelasma rusticum" = Helicelasma rusticum Billings 1858 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Columnaria alveolata Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
Protozoa
 Spumellaria -
Beatricea undulata Billings 1857 radiolarian
Tetradium
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Tetradium huronense Billings 1865