2 miles southeast of Salmon Point (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Newfoundland, Canada (49.6° N, 58.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° S, 50.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Humber Arm Group, Early/Lower Ordovician (485.4 - 470.0 Ma)

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• "limestone conglomerates are present at the base of the cliff, and from boulders in this conglomerate the following trilobites were obtained"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. H. Kindle and H. B. Whittington. 1965. New Cambrian and Ordovician fossil localities in western Newfoundland. Geological Society America Bulletin 76:683-688 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198245: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 11.12.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Lichida - Lichidae
Apatolichas jukesi
Apatolichas jukesi Billings 1865 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus cf. tumidifrons
Illaenus cf. tumidifrons Billings 1865 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
Lloydia cf. saffordi
 Ptychopariida - Raymondinidae
"Ischyrophyma sp." = Celmus
"Ischyrophyma sp." = Celmus Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides cf. ligulus
Remopleurides cf. ligulus Whittington 1963 trilobite
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Symphysurina sp., Nileus cf. affinis
Symphysurina sp. Ulrich 1924 trilobite
Nileus cf. affinis Billings 1865 trilobite