Also known as Brachiopods, Cape Phillips Formation
Where: Nunavut, Canada (75.8° N, 94.5° W: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 32.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Monograptus riccartonensis zone, Cape Phillips Formation, Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; shelly/skeletal limestone and calcareous shale
•SEP environmental call based on given info and regional context
Preservation: replaced with silica
Reposited in the GSC
Collection methods: bulk, hydrochloric
Primary reference: N. Zhang. 1989. Wenlockian (Silurian) brachiopods of the Cape Phillips Formation, Baillie Hamilton Island, Arctic Canada: part I. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 206(1-3):49-97 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 26012: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 30.09.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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