143 m height of section BH1, Cape Phillips Fm., Baillie-Hamilton Island, Northwe (Silurian of Canada)

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (74.1° N, 94.0° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° N, 34.5° W)

When: instrenuus-kolobus 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 L. Ramskold. 1997. Silurian Odontopleurinae (Trilobita) from the Cape Phillips Formation, Arctic Canada. Journal of Paleontology 71(2):237-261 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 689: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 23.02.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• Odontopleurinae trilobites only; article implies there is a graptolite fauna as well.
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Winiskia youngi trilobite
Gerastos simus Lane 1984 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Acidaspis sp. Murchison 1839 trilobite
new species
Ceratocephala sp. Warder 1838 trilobite
species 1