Cephalopods of Melville Peninsula Area (Ordovician to of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (67.5° N, 84.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.0° S, 44.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Ordovician to Middle Ordovician (470.0 - 443.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Environmental call by T. Hanson.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. K. Miller, W. Youngquist, and C. Collinson. 1954. Ordovician cephalopod fauna of Baffin Island. Geological Society of America Memoir 62:1-234 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24161: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 01.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Spyroceras sp.
Spyroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Cyclendoceras sp.
Cyclendoceras sp. Grabau and Shimer 1910
 Discosorida - Westonoceratidae
Westonoceras sp.
Westonoceras sp. Foerste 1924
 Multiceratoidea - Clinoceratidae
Whitfieldoceras sp.
Whitfieldoceras sp. Foerste 1932
 Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Ephippiorthoceras sp.
Ephippiorthoceras sp. Foerste 1924
 Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
Kochoceras sp., Actinoceras sp.
Kochoceras sp. Troedsson 1926
Actinoceras sp. Bronn 1837
 Actinocerida - Gonioceratidae
Lambeoceras sp.
Lambeoceras sp. Foerste 1917