Where: Quebec, Canada (49.7° N, 63.0° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 38.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hercochitina normalis other zone, Easton Member (Vauréal Formation), Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)
• Given as English Head Zone 4.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: nodular, blue, calcareous shale and blue limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the GSC
Primary reference: W. H. Twenhofel. 1928. Geology of Anticosti Island. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 154(2132):1-351 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 174027: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 23.10.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata | |
Ptilodictya flagella Nicholson 1875 | |
Sceptropora facula Ulrich 1888 | |
Lophophorata | |
"Cornulites richmondensis" = Costatulites richmondensis
"Cornulites richmondensis" = Costatulites richmondensis Miller 1874 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Dinorthis carletona" = Dinorthis (Pionorthis) carletona
"Dinorthis carletona" = Dinorthis (Pionorthis) carletona Twenhofel 1928 | |
"Dalmanella meeki" = Cincinnetina meeki
"Dalmanella meeki" = Cincinnetina meeki Miller 1875 | |
Catazyga anticostiensis, "Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra
Catazyga anticostiensis Billings 1862 | |
Strophomenata | |
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"? Leptaena nitens" = Megamyonia nitens, "? Leptaena gracilis" = Megamyonia gracilis
"? Leptaena nitens" = Megamyonia nitens Billings 1860
"? Leptaena gracilis" = Megamyonia gracilis Twenhofel 1928 | |
"Strophomena planocorrugata" = Rugomena planocorrugata
"Strophomena planocorrugata" = Rugomena planocorrugata Twenhofel 1928 | |
Gastropoda | |
Liospira americana Billings 1860 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Whitella sigmoidea Billings 1858 clam | |
Trilobita | |
Ceraurinus icarus Billings 1860 trilobite | |
"Calymene meeki" = Flexicalymene meeki
"Calymene meeki" = Flexicalymene meeki Foerste 1910 trilobite |