Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (65.9° N, 134.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 5.6° N, 100.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)
• No group or formation names given.
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray dolomite and gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Section is broken down into 5 smaller collections in reference.
Primary reference: B. S. Norford. 1963. Reconnaissance of the Ordovician and Silurian rocks of Northern Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Paper 63(39):1-139 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25483: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 13.09.2002
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Taxonomic list
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"Streptelasmid" sp. Streptelasmid coral, possibly Ordovician. Solitary and favositid corals also present.
Echinodermata spp. Klein 1754 | |
| Brachiopoda | |
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| Rhynchonellata | |
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? Glassia sp. Davidson 1881 | |
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? Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913 | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral | |
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