Priest's Road (Ordovician to of Canada)

Also known as White Head Formation, Priest's Road, Perce, Quebec; locality, F, of Schuchert in Schuchert and Cooper, 1930 and locality 1 of Cooper and Kindle, 1936;

Where: Quebec, Canada (48.5° N, 64.3° W: paleocoordinates 24.0° S, 39.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Grande Coupe Formation, Richmondian to Richmondian (449.6 - 443.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

• coarsely crystalline (crinoidal) limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper and C.H. Kindle. 1936. New brachiopods and trilobites from the Ordovician of Perce, Quebec. Journal of Paleontology 10(5):348-372 [S. Holland/S. Holland/S. Holland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37790: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 24.03.2004, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Porambonitidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema plicata Cooper and Kindle 1936
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
"Plectatrypa gaspeensis" = Spirigerina (Eospirigerina) gaspeensis
"Plectatrypa gaspeensis" = Spirigerina (Eospirigerina) gaspeensis Schuchert and Cooper 1930
 Atrypida - Cyclospiridae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
"Platystrophia inferaplicata" = Platystrophia inferaplica
"Platystrophia inferaplicata" = Platystrophia inferaplica Cooper 1930
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
"Bilobites indentus" = Dicoelosia indenta
"Bilobites indentus" = Dicoelosia indenta Cooper 1930
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Holtedahlina sulcata Hall and Clarke 1892
H. sulcata parva
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
"Diambonia septata" = Leangella (Leangella) septata
"Diambonia septata" = Leangella (Leangella) septata Cooper 1930
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Ptychoglyptus bellarugosus Schuchert and Cooper 1930
Sowerbyella gigantea Schuchert and Cooper 1930
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania dubia
[Christiana dubia]
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
 Billingsellida - Gonambonitidae
Trilobita
 Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
"Otarion minima" = Harpidella minima
"Otarion minima" = Harpidella minima Schuchert and Cooper 1930 trilobite
 Proetida - Proetidae
"Phaethonides bellus" = Cyphoproetus bellus
"Phaethonides bellus" = Cyphoproetus bellus Cooper and Kindle 1936 trilobite
 Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
"Proetus cf. convexus" = Stenoblepharum warburgae, "Proetus subornatus" = Decoroproetus subornatus
"Proetus cf. convexus" = Stenoblepharum warburgae Pribyl 1964 trilobite
"Proetus subornatus" = Decoroproetus subornatus Cooper and Kindle 1936 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
"Illaenus perceensis" = Stenopareia perceensis
"Illaenus perceensis" = Stenopareia perceensis Schuchert and Cooper 1930 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
 Lichida - Lichidae
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite
Remopleurides striatus Cooper and Kindle 1936 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
 Asaphida - Cyclopygidae
"Cyclopyge kindlei" = Microparia (Heterocyclopyge) kindlei, "Cyclopyge insolens" = Microparia (Heterocyclopyge) insolens, Symphysops spinifera, "Phylacops vigilans" = Cyclopyge vigilans
"Cyclopyge kindlei" = Microparia (Heterocyclopyge) kindlei Schuchert and Cooper 1930 trilobite
"Cyclopyge insolens" = Microparia (Heterocyclopyge) insolens Schuchert and Cooper 1930 trilobite
"Phylacops vigilans" = Cyclopyge vigilans Cooper and Kindle 1936 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Calymene consimilis" = Diacalymene consimilis, "Pharostoma rarum" = Prionocheilus
"Calymene consimilis" = Diacalymene consimilis Schuchert and Cooper 1930 trilobite
"Pharostoma rarum" = Prionocheilus trilobite
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerocoryphe dentata Angelin 1854 trilobite
Ceraurus sp. Green 1832 trilobite
C. sp. 1
"Ceraurinus icarus" = Ceraurinus icarus Billings 1860 trilobite
"Ceraurinus elongatus" = Ceraurinus icarus Billings 1860 trilobite
Sphaerexochus bridgei Cooper and Kindle 1936 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Cybele sp. Lovén 1845 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Sphaeragnostidae
"Sphaeragnostus gaspeensis" = Sphaeragnostus gaspensis
"Sphaeragnostus gaspeensis" = Sphaeragnostus gaspensis Cooper and Kindle 1936