Avalanche Lake AV1 sample 20 (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (63.2° N, 126.3° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 55.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Whittaker Formation, Late/Upper Ordovician (458.4 - 443.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic, sieve

Primary reference: G. S. Nowlan, A. D. McCracken, and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1988. Conodonts from Ordovician-Silurian boundary strata, Whittaker Formation, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 373:1-99 [E. Jarochowska/E. Jarochowska]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180215: authorized by Emilia Jarochowska, entered by Emilia Jarochowska on 12.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Conodonta
 Prioniodontida -
 Prioniodontida - Strachanognathidae
Scabbardella altipes Hennigsmoen 1948 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
? Amorphognathus sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
 Prioniodontida - Chirognathidae
? Spinodus "n. sp.A" Dzik 1976 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Drepanoistodus suberectus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Ozarkodina sesquipedalis Nowlan et al. 1988 conodont
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
? Pseudobelodina dispansa Glenister 1957 conodont
Panderodus gracilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Panderodus serratus Rexroad 1967 conodont
Panderodus rhamphoides Aldridge and Mohamed 1982 conodont
? Panderodus ? panderi Stauffer 1940 conodont