Gaspé Peninsula, Pierre-Loiselle Cove, La Vieille Formation (Silurian of Canada)

Where: Québec, Canada (48.2° N, 65.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 24.0° S, 85.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Costistricklandia lirata zone, La Vieille Formation (Chaleurs Group), Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Environmental call by T. Hanson

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Collection includesa rostrospirid, eatoniid, dalmanellid, orthotetacid, gypidulid, platyceratid, oriostomatid, syringoporid and trilobites.

Primary reference: P. A. Bourque. 1981. Gaspé Peninsula, Baie des Chaleurs area. In P. J. Lespérance (ed.), Field meeting, Anticosti-Gaspé, Québec, 1981: IUGS Subcommssion on Silurian Stratigraphy, Ordovician-Silurian Boundary Working Group Guidebook 1:42-53 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24543: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 08.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Drummockina sp.
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Palaeocyclidae
Rhabdocyclus sp.
Rhabdocyclus sp. Lang and Smith 1939 horn coral
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta sp.
Plectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp., Protomegastrophia sp.
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
"Leptostrophia" sp.
Protomegastrophia sp. Caster 1939
 Strophomenida - Leptaenoideidae
Leptaenisca sp.
Leptaenisca sp. Beecher 1890
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
Leptaena "rhomboidalis"
 Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
Mesopholidostrophia sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Ancillotoechia sp.
Ancillotoechia sp. Havlicek 1959
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Sphaerirhynchia sp.
Sphaerirhynchia sp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
Atrypa "reticularis"
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer sp.
Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella multiplicata
 Pentamerida - Stricklandiidae
Costistricklandia lirata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis sp.
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp.
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
? Skenidioides sp.
? Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931