Streetsville, Waynesville Fm. (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (43.6° N, 79.7° W: paleocoordinates 24.2° 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 173136: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Susan Scholze on 10.09.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Holtedahlina sulcata Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Catazyga headi Billings 1862
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Constellariidae
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni
"Lophospira bowdeni" = Paupospira bowdeni Safford 1869 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema bilix Conrad 1842 snail
Cyclonema bilix conicum
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Opisthoptera fissicosta" = Opisthoptera casei
"Opisthoptera fissicosta" = Opisthoptera casei Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus gigas Dekay 1824 trilobite