Gaspé Peninsula, Ristigouche Outcrop Belt, La Vieille Formation (Silurian to of Canada)

Where: Québec, Canada (47.8° N, 67.0° W: paleocoordinates 24.0° S, 36.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Vieille Formation (Chaleurs Group), Telychian to Telychian (438.5 - 430.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate

• Environmental call by T. Hanson.
• Nodular calcilutute and calcsiltite and bioclastic calcarenite, locally oolitic, pisolitic, stromatolitic, oncolitic, or crinoidal. Lithology from G. S. Nowlan. 1981. Late Ordovician - Early Silurian conodont biostratigraphy of the Gaspé Peninsula - a preliminary report. Field meeting, Anticosti-Gaspé, Québec, 1981: IUGS Subcommssion on Silurian Stratigraphy, Ordovician-Silurian Boundary Working Group Guidebook 2:257-29. Edited by P. J. Lespérance.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. J. Boucot and P. A. Bourque. 1981. Brachiopod biostratigraphy of the Llandoverian rocks of the Gaspé Peninsula. In P. J. Lespérance (ed.), Field meeting, Anticosti-Gaspé, Québec, 1981: IUGS Subcommssion on Silurian Stratigraphy, Ordovician-Silurian Boundary Working Group Guidebook 2:315-321 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25162: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 30.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Drummockina sp.
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops sp.
Craniops sp. Hall 1859
Chileata
 Dictyonellida - Eichwaldiidae
"Dictyonella sp." = Eodictyonella
"Dictyonella sp." = Eodictyonella Wright 1994
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Anastrophia (Grayina) sp.
 Pentamerida - Stricklandiidae
Costistricklandia sp.
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda sp.
Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
"Apopentamerus sp." = Harpidium (Isovella)
"Apopentamerus sp." = Harpidium (Isovella) Breyvel and Breyvel 1970
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp.
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthostrophella sp.
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia sp.
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Resserella sp., Isorthis (Arcuella) sp.
Resserella sp. Bancroft 1928
Isorthis (Arcuella) sp. Kozlowski 1929
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp.
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp.
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina sp., Whitfieldella sp.
Meristina sp. Hall 1867
Whitfieldella sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Atrypina sp.
Atrypina sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa sp.
Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Plectatrypa imbricata, Atrypa reticularis
Plectatrypa imbricata Sowerby and Murchison 1839
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Cyrtia sp., Hedeina sp., Eospirifer sp.
Cyrtia sp. Dalman 1828
Hedeina sp. Boucot 1957
Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris sp., Howellella sp.
Delthyris sp. Dalman 1828
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Triplesia sp., Streptis sp.
Triplesia sp. Hall 1859
Streptis sp. Davidson 1881
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Plicanoplia sp.
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella sp.
Leangella sp. Opik 1933
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp.
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Amphistrophia sp.
Amphistrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protomegastrophia sp.
Protomegastrophia sp. Caster 1939
"Protomegastrophia" sp.
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
Leptaenus "rhomboidalis"
 Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
Mesopholidostrophia sp.