GSC 55050 - Beach south of Back Bay Village, ½ mile NW of westend Douglas Isl. (Silurian of Canada)

Also known as Unnamed beds of map unit 4, St. George map-area (1094A)

Where: New Brunswick, Canada (45.1° N, 66.9° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° S, 35.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Back Bay Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• later named Back Bay formation. C4-C5 age of old scales.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: A. J. Boucot, J. G. Johnson, C. Harper and V. G. Walmsley. 1967. Silurian brachiopods and gastropods of southern New Brunswick. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 140(1):1-45 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68834: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 09.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalopterus aff. alatus
Euomphalopterus aff. alatus Wahlenberg 1821 snail
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma cf. globosum
Oriostoma cf. globosum von Schlotheim 1820 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
"Pseudoscalites cf. lindstroemi" = Phanerotrema lindstroemi
"Pseudoscalites cf. lindstroemi" = Phanerotrema lindstroemi Boucot et al. 1967 snail
Craniata
 Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
Rhynobolus "sp. A"
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Anastrophia sp.
Anastrophia sp. Hall 1867
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentamerus sp.
Pentamerus sp. Sowerby 1813
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Sieberella sp.
Sieberella sp. Oehlert 1887
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
? Sphaerirhynchia sp.
? Sphaerirhynchia sp. Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
? Stegerhynchus spp.
? Stegerhynchus spp. Foerste 1909
 Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
Ferganella sp.
Ferganella sp. Nikiforova 1937
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella "sp. 1"
Howellella "sp. 1" Kozlowski 1946
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer sp., Macropleura sp., Cyrtia sp.
Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
Macropleura sp. Boucot 1963
Cyrtia sp. Dalman 1828
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa "reticularis", Plectatrypa imbricata
Atrypa "reticularis" Linnaeus 1758
Plectatrypa imbricata Sowerby and Murchison 1839
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp.
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina sp.
Meristina sp. Hall 1867
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis cf. rustica
 Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
"Dicaelosia sp." = Dicoelosia
"Dicaelosia sp." = Dicoelosia King 1850
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina cf. hybrida
Dalejina cf. hybrida Sowerby 1839
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis sp., "Resserella cf. concavoconvexa" = Visbyella concavoconvexa
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
"Resserella cf. concavoconvexa" = Visbyella concavoconvexa Twenhofel 1928
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp.
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protomegastrophia prima
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena spp.
Leptaena spp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
"Strophonella cf. euglypha" = Strophoprion euglypha
"Strophonella cf. euglypha" = Strophoprion euglypha Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Pentlandina cf. parva
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Amphistrophia sp.
Amphistrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
? Protochonetes sp.
? Protochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella sp.
Leangella sp. Opik 1933
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta (? Eoplecotdonta) cf. millinensis
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
"Chilidiopsis spp." = Fardenia (Coolinia)
"Chilidiopsis spp." = Fardenia (Coolinia) Bancroft 1949