USNM 10114. 2050' northeast of McGillivray Brook, 150' north-northwest of overburden line. Arisaig (Silurian of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.6° N, 62.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° S, 33.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Beechhill Cove Formation, Rhuddanian (443.4 - 440.8 Ma)

• Additional information in Boucot et al. 1974. Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Paper 119

Environment/lithology: marine

• Formations not detailed here

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the GSC, USNM

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. J. Boucot, J. F. Dewey, R. Fletcher, W. K. Fyson, J. G. Griffin, C. F. Hickox, W. S. McKerrow and A. M. Ziegler. 1974. Geology of the Arisaig area, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. Geological Society of America Special Paper 139:1-191 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3833: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Loxoplocus aff. sedgwicki3 Donald 1906 snail
Arjamannia cancellatula2 Sedgwick and M'Coy 1855 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira aff. affinis2 Foerste 1887 snail
I'm not sure that this is Liospira
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Cyclonema (Cyclonema) parvimedium" = Cyclonema parvimedium2
"Cyclonema (Cyclonema) parvimedium" = Cyclonema parvimedium2 McLearn 1924 snail
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae