Glenogle Formation, Kickinghorse River, British Columbia (Ordovician of Canada)

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: Glenogle Formation, Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Includes graptolites from beds above and below the Nemagraptus gracilis Zone described in collection 25169.

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 25170: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 31.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Glossograptidae
Glossograptus hincksii Hopkinson 1872 graptolite
Cryptograptus sp. graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Normalograptidae
"Glyptograptus cf. euglyphus" = Pronormalograptus euglyphus
"Glyptograptus cf. euglyphus" = Pronormalograptus euglyphus Lapworth 1880 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicellograptus sp. Hopkinson 1871 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Abrograptidae
"Retiograptus cf. geinitzianus" = Reteograptus geinitzianus
"Retiograptus cf. geinitzianus" = Reteograptus geinitzianus Hall 1859 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Didymograptidae
"Didymograptus aff. deflexus" = Baltograptus deflexus
"Didymograptus aff. deflexus" = Baltograptus deflexus Elles and Wood 1901 graptolite
Didymograptus aff. v-deflexus