LDC-162, Little Dantzic Cove [Chapel Island Fm] (Cambrian of Canada)

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (46.9° N, 56.0° W: paleocoordinates 82.4° S, 52.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 4 Member (Chapel Island Formation), Tommotian (525.5 - 521.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, green, red, calcareous mudstone

• Calcareous (microsparite) nodules (commonly less than 10 cm-long x 5 cm thick in red/purple mudstone, larger in green mudstone).

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Landing, G. M. Narbonne, P. Myrow, A. P. Benus, and M. M. Anderson. 1987. Faunas and depositional environments of the Upper Precambrian through Lower Cambrian, southeastern Newfoundland. New York State Museum Bulletin (463)18-52 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56960: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 29.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Aldanellidae
Aldanella attleborensis Shaler and Foerste 1888
Watsonella crosbyi
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Watsonella crosbyi Grabau 1900
Orthothecimorpha
 Circothecida -