Vars, Waynesville Fm. (Ordovician of Canada)
Where: Ontario, Canada (45.4° N, 75.4° W: paleocoordinates 24.2° S, 48.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Waynesville Formation, Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
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 173150: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Susan Scholze on 10.09.2015
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Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata | |
Catazyga headi Billings 1862 | |
Strophomenata | |
Rafinesquina mucronata Foerste 1914
Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838 | |
Plectambonites sericeus Sowerby 1839 | |
Craniata | |
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa
"Crania scabiosa" = Petrocrania scabiosa Hall 1866 | |
Pholidops subtruncata Hall 1847 | |
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomorpha pholadiformis Hall 1851 clam | |
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster |