South shore of Hawke's Bay, Forteau Fm. (Cambrian of Canada)

Where: Newfoundland, Canada (50.6° N, 57.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.8° S, 72.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Forteau Formation (Labrador Group), Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone and carbonate

• "consisting of biohermal limestones, and bedded carbonates and shales"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. Stouge and W. D. Boyce. 1983. Fossils of Northwestern Newfoundland and Southeastern Labrador: Conodonts and Trilobites. In R. V. Gibbons (ed.), Publications of the Mineral Development Division 83(3):1-63 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 195763: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 24.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Olenellidae
"Olenellus brevoculus" = Mesonacis bonnensis
"Olenellus brevoculus" = Mesonacis bonnensis Resser and Howell 1938 trilobite