Dalhousie community, Dalhousie Shale (Devonian of Canada)

Where: New Brunswick, Canada (48.1° N, 66.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° S, 25.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Dalhousie Shale Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• "L. Dev (Gedinnian)"

Environment/lithology: offshore; calcareous lithology not reported

• "calcareous ss, thin ls, and ash beds. nearshore (BA2)"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. M. Clarke. 1909. Early Devonic history of New York and eastern North America. Part 2. New York State Museum Memoirs 9(2):1-255 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 593: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 24.01.1999, edited by Pete Wagner and Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "J.M. Clark, 1908. Early Devonic history of New York and eastern North America. NY State Museum, Mem.9, 366p."
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unclassified
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Macrodus sp.
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
"Bronteus sp." = Scutellum
"Bronteus sp." = Scutellum Pusch 1833 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites sp.
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp.
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotus sp.
Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839 eurypterid
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
"Pholidops sp." = Craniops1
"Pholidops sp." = Craniops1 Hall 1859
originally entered as "Pholidops sp."
 Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp.
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp.
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
 Terebratulida - Centronellidae
Rensselaeria sp.
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella sp.
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp.
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp.
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida -
Conocardioidea indet.2
Conocardioidea indet.2 Miller 1889
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.2
Gastropoda indet.2 Cuvier 1795 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalidae sp.2
Euomphalidae sp.2 White 1877 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Melissosoa sp." = Michelia
"Melissosoa sp." = Michelia Roemer 1855 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
"Coelidium sp." = Coelocaulus
"Coelidium sp." = Coelocaulus Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 snail
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
 Orthocerida - Kionoceratidae
Kionoceras sp.
Kionoceras sp. Hyatt 1884
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterinea sp., Pteronitella sp.
Pterinea sp. Goldfuss 1832 oyster
Pteronitella sp. Billings 1874 oyster
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
Pterinopecten sp.
Pterinopecten sp. Hall 1883 scallop
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca sp.
Mytilarca sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Sphenotus sp.
Sphenotus sp. Hall 1884 clam
 Modiomorphida - Carydiidae
Carydium sp.
Carydium sp. Beushausen 1895 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp.
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Cardiida -
Cypricardella sp.
Cypricardella sp. Hall 1856 clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Janeia sp." = Solemya
"Janeia sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema sp.
Dictyonema sp. Hall 1851 graptolite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites sp.
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
1Hendy 2008; 2Wagner 2023