Also known as Arisaig
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
Preservation: original calcite
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: J. S. Peel. 1977. Systematics and palaeontology of the Silurian gastropods of the Arisaig Group. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Biologiske Skrifter 21(1):1-89 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 3834: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Strophomenata | |
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? Fardenia sp.1 Lamont 1935 | |
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Leptostrophia beechhillensis1 McLearn 1924 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
"Cryptothyrella beechhillensis" = Hindella1
"Cryptothyrella beechhillensis" = Hindella1 | |
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"Camarotoechia" bimesiornata1 McLearn 1918 | |
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Linoporella sp.1 Schuchert and Cooper 1931 | |
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Dalmanella "sp. A"1 Hall and Clarke 1892
? Dalmanella sp.1 Hall and Clarke 1892
Isorthis sp.1 Kozlowski 1929 | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Bucanopsis sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
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Longstaffia aff. centervillensis Foerste 1923 snail | |
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Liospira aff. affinis Foerste 1887 snail | |