Quanertalik Fauna (Ordovician of Canada)
Where: Nunavut, Canada (72.0° N, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 38.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Ordovician (458.4 - 443.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
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 24216: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 02.08.2002
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Taxonomic list
• Described by Teichert.
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unclassified | |
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Gastropoda | |
"Maclurites cf. subovatus" = Maclurina manitobensis
"Maclurites cf. subovatus" = Maclurina manitobensis Whiteaves 1890 snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Streptelasma cf. poulseni horn coral |