Silliman's Fossil Mount, stratigraphic position B-9 (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (63.7° N, 69.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.7° S, 92.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wildernessian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• No group or formation names.

Environment/lithology: calcareous shale and limestone

• environmental call by T. Hanson.
• Calcareous shale with limestone interbeds.

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: chemical,

Primary reference: M. J. Copeland. 1977. Ordovician Ostracoda, southeastern District of Franklin. Geology of Ordovician rocks, Melville Peninsula and region, southeastern District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 269:77-97 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26966: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 10.11.2002

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Balticellidae
Monoceratella decorata n. sp. ostracod
Monoceratella sp. Teichert 1937 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
 Palaeocopida - Aparchitidae
 Palaeocopida - Eurychilinidae
 Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae
Tetradella sp. Ulrich 1890 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Oepikiumidae
Oepikium sp. Agnew 1942 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Tvaerenellidae
Diplopsis socialis Levinson 1961 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Zygobolbidae
 Palaeocopida - Aechminidae
Aechmina sp. Jones and Holl 1869 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Punctaparchites rugosus Jones 1858 ostracod