Where: Quebec, Canada (48.2° N, 66.0° W: paleocoordinates 28.3° S, 29.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: West Point Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; gray lime mudstone
•SEP environmental call based on given information
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: S. A. Northrop. 1939. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Silurian rocks of the Port Daniel-Black Cape Region, Gaspé. Geological Society of America Special Paper 21:1-302 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207843: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.02.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Diaphorostoma niagarense" = Platyostoma niagarensis, "Holopea niagarensis" = Cyclonema niagarensis
"Diaphorostoma niagarense" = Platyostoma niagarensis Hall 1852 snail
"Holopea niagarensis" = Cyclonema niagarensis Winchell and Marcy 1866 snail | |
"Bellerophon ornatus n. sp." = Coelocyclus ornatus
"Bellerophon ornatus n. sp." = Coelocyclus ornatus Northrop 1939 snail | |
"Pleurotomaria putillus" = Spiroraphe putillus
"Pleurotomaria putillus" = Spiroraphe putillus Northrop 1939 snail | |
"Euomphalopterus halei" = Prosolarium halei
"Euomphalopterus halei" = Prosolarium halei Hall 1867 snail | |
Trilobita | |
"Proetus turgidus n. sp." = Crassiproetus turgidus
"Proetus turgidus n. sp." = Crassiproetus turgidus Northrop 1939 trilobite |