Kickinghorse River (Ordovician of Canada)

Also known as Glenogle Formation (N. gracilis Zone), Kickinghorse River, British Columbia

Where: British Columbia, Canada (51.5° N, 116.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 65.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nemagraptus gracilis graptolite zone, Upper Member (Glenogle Formation), Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• Lithology & environments not described.
• Lithology & environments not described.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: D. E. Jackson. 1966. On the occurrence of Parabrograptus and Sinograptus from the Middle Ordovician of western Canada. Geological Magazine 103(30022):263-268 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25169: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 31.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Abrograptidae
Parabrograptus tribrachiatus Mu and Qiao 1962 graptolite
Parabrograptus aff. tribrachiatus Mu and Qiao 1962 graptolite
Parabrograptus cf. tribrachiatus Mu and Qiao 1962 graptolite