3 m height of section BH2, Cape Phillips Fm., Baillie-Hamilton Island, Northwest (Silurian of Canada)
Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (75.1° N, 94.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° N, 32.3° W)
When: lundgreni-testis (Graptolite) zone, Cape Phillips Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: slope; calcareous carbonate and shale
• "A series of carbonate debris flows [into basinal shales] derived from the platform margin is preserved in this area. It is from these gravity flow deposits that silicified fossils have been recovered."
Primary reference: J. M. Adrain and G. D. Edgecombe. 1997. Silurian (Wenlock) Calymenid trilobites from the Cape Phillips Formation, central Canadian Arctic. Journal of Paleontology 71(4):657-682 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 687: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 23.02.1999, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Calymenid trilobites only; article states there is a rich graptolite fauna as well.
Show authors, comments, and common names
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Interproetus "n. sp. C"1, Gerastos monksi1, Pseudogerastos taylori1, Thebanaspis smithi1, Thebanaspis jefferyi1, Winiskia curranti1
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