Where: Newfoundland, Canada (51.1° N, 56.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 48.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Hystricurus oculilunatus trilobite zone, Cove West Member (Boat Harbour Formation), Gasconadian to Gasconadian (485.4 - 470.0 Ma)
• PJW: this is Cove West member.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone and dolomite
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 195771: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 24.08.2018
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Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Pachycranium sp. Ross 1951 trilobite
Hystricurus (cf. Hystricurus) oculilunatus Ross 1951 trilobite | |
Parabellefontia sp. Hintze 1953 trilobite |