Where: Manitoba, Canada (58.6° N, 95.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 50.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Caution Creek Formation), Richmondian to Richmondian (449.6 - 443.7 Ma)
• "Two lithologic divisions are recognized within the formation on the South Knife and are designated as the Lower and Upper members. These members have not been correlated with those of the type section."
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: dolomitic, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. J. Nelson. 1963. Ordovician paleontology of the Northern Hudson Bay lowland. Geological Society of America Memoir 90:1-152 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23018: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 08.07.2002, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
Cyclendoceras belli n. sp.
Cyclendoceras belli n. sp. | |
Lambeoceras nudum Troedsson 1928 | |
Gastropoda | |
Trochonema coxi Wilson 1938 snail | |
"Liospira parva" = Paraliospira parva
"Liospira parva" = Paraliospira parva Wilson 1938 snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Dinorthis occidentalis2 Okulitch 1943 | |
"Lepidocyclus perlamellosus" = Lepidocyclus perlamellosa, Hypsiptycha anticostiensis
"Lepidocyclus perlamellosus" = Lepidocyclus perlamellosa Whitfield 1878
Hypsiptycha anticostiensis Billings 1862 | |
Strophomenata | |
Oepikina limbrata1 Wang 1949
Megamyonia unicostata Meek and Worthen 1868
Megamyonia nitens Billings 1860 | |
"Strophomena fluctuosa" = Nasutimena fluctuosa, "Strophomena hecuba" = Tetraphalerella hecuba, "Strophomena planocorrugata" = Rugomena planocorrugata
"Strophomena fluctuosa" = Nasutimena fluctuosa Billings 1860
"Strophomena hecuba" = Tetraphalerella hecuba Billings 1860
"Strophomena planocorrugata" = Rugomena planocorrugata Twenhofel 1928 | |
Anthozoa | |
Lyopora manitobensis n. sp.
Lyopora manitobensis n. sp. tabulate coral | |
"Palaeofavosites capax" = Paleofavosites tabulate coral
Favosites wilsonae n. sp. tabulate coral | |
Calapoecia anticostiensis, "Calapoecia canadensis" = Calapoecia coxi
Calapoecia anticostiensis Billings 1865 tabulate coral
"Calapoecia canadensis" = Calapoecia coxi Bassler 1950 tabulate coral Calapoecia canadensis var. ungava
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Protrochiscolithus kiaeri tabulate coral | |
Catenipora foerstei n. sp. Nelson 1963 tabulate coral
Catenipora robusta Wilson 1926 tabulate coral
Manipora amicarum tabulate coral | |
Lobocorallium manitobense n. sp. horn coral
Bighornia patella Wilson 1926 horn coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Aulacera undulata Billings 1857 stromatoporoid sponge |