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

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Lophospira tropidophora" = Paupospira tropidophora
"Lophospira tropidophora" = Paupospira tropidophora Meek 1873 snail
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Orthodesma canaliculatum Ulrich 1894 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster
Tergomya
 Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Cyrtolites ornatus Conrad 1838
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa Hall 1866
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Catazyga headi Billings 1862
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Trematidae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus gigas Dekay 1824 trilobite