Where: Québec, Canada (46.2° N, 72.6° W: paleocoordinates 25.1° S, 47.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lorraine Formation, Maysvillian (450.2 - 449.6 Ma)
• "Cryptolithus zone and Pholadomorpha zone, Leptaena zone and Proetus zone = Lorraine Fm", in Foerste (1924)
Environment/lithology: 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 173121: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Susan Scholze on 10.09.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Bythocypris cylindrica Hall 1871 ostracod | |
Ctenobolbina ciliata Emmons 1855 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
"Cryptolithus bellulus" = Cryptolithus tessellatus
"Cryptolithus bellulus" = Cryptolithus tessellatus Green 1832 trilobite | |
Isotelus gigas Dekay 1824 trilobite | |
Triarthrus huguesensis Foerste 1924 trilobite | |
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite | |
Proetus chambliensis Foerste 1914 trilobite | |
Gastropoda | |
Sinuites cancellatus Hall 1847 snail | |
Pterotheca pentagona Foerste 1914 snail | |
"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni
"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni Safford 1869 snail | |
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Tergomya | |
Archinacella pulaskiensis Foerste 1914 | |
Bivalvia | |
Clidophorus planulatus Conrad 1847 pointed nut clam
Clidophorus postvolutus Foerste 1924 pointed nut clam | |
Ctenodonta chambliensis Foerste 1924 clam | |
"Ctenodonta filistriata" = Homilodonta filistriata
"Ctenodonta filistriata" = Homilodonta filistriata Ulrich 1894 clam | |
"Whitella complanata" = Cyrtodontula complanata
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"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster | |
Byssonychia radiata Hall 1847 clam | |
Cymatonota recta Ulrich 1893 clam | |
Craniata | |
Pholidops subtruncata Hall 1847 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838
Rafinesquina mucronata Foerste 1914
Leptaena moniquensis Foerste 1924 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Hebertella occidentalis Hall 1847 | |
Catazyga headi Billings 1862 |