Snake Island, Waynesville Fm. (Ordovician of Canada)
Where: Ontario, Canada (45.9° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 52.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Waynesville Formation, 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 173117: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Susan Scholze on 10.09.2015
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Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
"Lophospira tropidophora" = Paupospira tropidophora
"Lophospira tropidophora" = Paupospira tropidophora Meek 1873 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Orthodesma canaliculatum Ulrich 1894 clam
Pholadomorpha pholadiformis Hall 1851 clam | |
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster | |
Tergomya | |
Cyrtolites ornatus Conrad 1838 | |
Craniata | |
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa Hall 1866 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchotrema pulchellum Foerste 1924 | |
Catazyga headi Billings 1862 | |
Platystrophia clarksvillensis Foerste 1910 | |
Lingulata | |
Trematis millepunctata Hall 1875 | |
Trilobita | |
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite | |
Isotelus gigas Dekay 1824 trilobite |