Where: Ontario, Canada (45.4° N, 75.6° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 50.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Lorraine Formation, Maysvillian (450.2 - 449.6 Ma)
• "Pholadomorpha zone = Lorraine Fm", in Foerste (1924) and
•"Proetus zone = Lorraine Fm", in Foerste (1924)
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 173266: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Susan Scholze on 15.09.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa
"Pterina (Caritodens) demissa" = Pterinea demissa Conrad 1842 oyster | |
Trilobita | |
Proetus chambliensis Foerste 1914 trilobite | |
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite | |
Isotelus gigas Dekay 1824 trilobite |