Where: Newfoundland, Canada (51.0° N, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.8° S, 71.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Upper Limestone Member (Forteau Formation), Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: I. Knight, W. D. Boyce, C. B. Skovsted and U. Balthasar. 2017. The Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation, southern Labrador and Great Northern Peninsula, western Newfoundland: Lithostratigraphy, trilobites, and depositional setting. Geological Survey 1:1-72 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 195922: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 31.08.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Paterinata | |
Micromitra sp. Meek 1873 | |
Trilobita | |
"Olenellus transitans" = Paedeumias transitans
"Olenellus transitans" = Paedeumias transitans Walcott 1910 trilobite | |
Bonnia sp. Walcott 1916 trilobite
Bonnia parvula Billings 1861 trilobite
Bonnia senecta Billings 1861 trilobite |