Putnam Highland by Bowman Bay, Foxe Land (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (65.3° N, 73.2° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° S, 40.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amorphognathus superbus conodont zone, Amadjuak Formation, Edenian (451.0 - 450.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone and gray, calcareous shale

• Environmental call by T. Hanson.
• 30 to 50 feet of nodular porous limestone underlain by 650 feet of blue-gray calcareous shale with interbedded limestones.

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 24225: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 02.08.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Collected by Gould, identified by Hussey, Foerste, and Wilson.
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unclassified
  -
Lepertitia sp.
Anthozoa
 Sarcinulida - Syringophyllidae
Calapoecia borealis, Calapoecia anticostiensis
Calapoecia borealis tabulate coral
Calapoecia anticostiensis Billings 1865 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
"Halysites gracilis" = Catenipora gracilis, Halysites catenularia
"Halysites gracilis" = Catenipora gracilis Hall in Foster and Whitney 1851 tabulate coral
Halysites catenularia Linnaeus 1767 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites interstinctus, Heliolites megastoma
Heliolites megastoma tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma corniculum, ? Streptelasma cf. arcticum
Streptelasma corniculum Hall 1847 horn coral
? Streptelasma cf. arcticum Wilson 1931 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae
Stromatocerium sp.
Stromatocerium sp. Hall 1847 stromatoporoid sponge
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp.
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
Atrypa-like form
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthis sp.
Orthis sp. Dalman 1828
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema sp., Rhynchotrema cf. increbescens
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
Rhynchotrema cf. increbescens Hall 1847
Rhynchotrema cf. R. increbescens laticostatum
Tergomya
 Archinacellida - Archinacellidae
Archinacella sp.
Archinacella sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Vanuxemia sp., Cyrtodonta sp.
Vanuxemia sp. Billings 1858 clam
Cyrtodonta sp. Billings 1858 clam
Cephalopoda
  -
Cephalopoda indet.
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Poorly preserved caphalopods
 Discosorida - Westonoceratidae
Westonoceras putnami, Westonoceras gouldi, Westonoceras cf. gouldi
 Discosorida - Cyrtogomphoceratidae
Cyrtogomphoceras baffinense
 Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Ephippiorthoceras dowlingi
Ephippiorthoceras dowlingi Foerste and Savage 1927
 Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
? Leurorthoceras baffinense
 Actinocerida - Huroniidae
Huronia sp.
Huronia sp. Stokes 1824
 Actinocerida - Gonioceratidae
Lambeoceras baffinense
Lambeoceras baffinense Miller et al. 1954
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Endoceras gouldi, Endoceras cf. baffinense, Cyclendoceras spp.
Cyclendoceras spp. Grabau and Shimer 1910
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
"Salpingostoma soperi" = Salpingostoma richmondensis3
"Salpingostoma soperi" = Salpingostoma richmondensis3 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
"Maclurina crassa" = Maclurites crassa1, "Maclurina septentrionalis" = Maclurites borealis, "Maclurina cuneata" = Maclurites cuneata1, Maclurina sp., Maclurina manitobensis1
"Maclurina crassa" = Maclurites crassa1 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Maclurina septentrionalis" = Maclurites borealis Wilson 1938 snail
"Maclurina cuneata" = Maclurites cuneata1 Whitfield 1878 snail
Maclurina sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Maclurina manitobensis1 Whiteaves 1890 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Eotomaria sp.1, ? Liospira sp.
Eotomaria sp.1 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
? Liospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Fusispira aff. nobilis1
Fusispira aff. nobilis1 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp.
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886 snail
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema coxi2
Trochonema coxi2 Wilson 1938 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma spp.
Hormotoma spp. Salter 1859 snail
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp.
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
Chlorophyceae
  - Receptaculitidae
Receptaculites sp., Receptaculites cf. arcticus, Receptaculites cf. occidentalis
Receptaculites sp. Defrance 1827
1Hussey 1928; 2Wagner 2023; 3Wilson 1931