Avalanche Lake AV1 sample 46 (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, cherty/siliceous 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 180217: authorized by Emilia Jarochowska, entered by Emilia Jarochowska on 12.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Zanclodus levigatus
Conodonta
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Pseudobelodina vulgaris, Pseudobelodina cf. vulgaris, ? Pseudobelodina dispansa, ? Pseudobelodina cf. dispansa, ? Panderodus gibber, ? Panderodus "n. sp. A", Panderodus rhamphoides, ? Panderodus ? panderi, Panderodus gracilis, Plegagnathus nelsoni, Belodina confluens
Pseudobelodina vulgaris Sweet 1979 conodont
Subspecies "P. vulgaris vulgaris"
Pseudobelodina cf. vulgaris Sweet 1979 conodont
Subspecies "P. vulgaris vulgaris"
? Pseudobelodina dispansa Glenister 1957 conodont
? Pseudobelodina cf. dispansa Glenister 1957 conodont
? Panderodus "n. sp. A" Ethington 1959 conodont
Panderodus rhamphoides Aldridge and Mohamed 1982 conodont
? Panderodus ? panderi Stauffer 1940 conodont
Panderodus gracilis Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Belodina confluens Sweet 1979 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Drepanoistodus suberectus, ? Paroistodus "sp. A"
Drepanoistodus suberectus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
? Paroistodus "sp. A" Lindström 1971 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
Protopanderodus liripipus, Staufferella divisa
Protopanderodus liripipus Kennedy et al. 1979 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Plectodina tenuis
 Prioniodontida -
Oulodus rohneri
 Prioniodontida - Strachanognathidae
Scabbardella "n. sp. A", Scabbardella altipes, Decoriconus costulatus
Scabbardella "n. sp. A" Orchard 1980 conodont
Scabbardella altipes Hennigsmoen 1948 conodont
 Belodellida -
Besselodus borealis
Besselodus borealis Nowlan et al. 1988 conodont
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Coelocerodontus trigonius, Walliserodus amplissimus, ? Walliserodus rallus
Coelocerodontus trigonius Ethington 1959 conodont
Walliserodus amplissimus Serpagli 1967 conodont
? Walliserodus rallus Nowlan et al. 1988 conodont