Anticosti Island, Vaureal Formation (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Québec, Canada (49.5° N, 63.0° W: paleocoordinates 23.2° S, 38.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vaureal Formation (Jolliet Group), Ashgill (449.5 - 443.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Environmental call by T. Hanson.
• Limestone with shale partings.

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: chemical,

Primary reference: A. D. McCracken and C. R. Barnes. 1981. Conodont biostratigraphy across the Ordovician-Silurian boundary, Ellis Bay Formation, Anticosti Island, Québec. In P. J. Lespérance (ed.), Field meeting, Anticosti-Gaspé, Québec, 1981: IUGS Subcommssion on Silurian Stratigraphy, Ordovician-Silurian Boundary Working Group, Stratigraphy and Paleontology 2:61-69 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24566: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 10.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Plegagnathus dartoni, Belodina profunda, Panderodus sp.
Plegagnathus dartoni Stone and Furnish 1959 conodont
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
 Ozarkodinida -
Plectodina sp.
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Amorphognathus ordovicicus
Amorphognathus ordovicicus Bergström and Bergström 1996 conodont
 Prioniodontida -
Aphelognathus sp., Aphelognathus pyramidalis, Oulodus rhoneri, Oulodus ulrichi
Aphelognathus pyramidalis Branson et al. 1951 conodont
Oulodus rhoneri conodont
Oulodus ulrichi conodont
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
"Kloedenellacea sp." = Kloedenioidea
"Kloedenellacea sp." = Kloedenioidea Ulrich and Bassler 1908 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Quadrijugatoridae
Quadrijugatoridae sp.
Quadrijugatoridae sp. Kesling and Hussey 1953 ostracod
 Palaeocopida -
"Oepikellacea sp." = Oepikelloidea
"Oepikellacea sp." = Oepikelloidea Jaanusson 1957 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Eurychilinidae
Eurychilinidae sp.
Eurychilinidae sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
Tetradellidae sp.
Tetradellidae sp. Swartz 1936 ostracod
 Palaeocopida -
Leperditellacea sp.
Leperditellacea sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Aechminidae
Aechminidae sp.
Aechminidae sp. Boucek 1936 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Bolliidae
Bolliidae sp.
Bolliidae sp. Boucek 1936 ostracod