20 m height of Section ABR1, Cape Phillips Fm., Northwest Territories (Silurian of Canada)
Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (75.0° N, 95.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 3.8° N, 81.1° W (Wright 2013)
When: ludensis 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 696: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 23.02.1999
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Taxonomic list
• Odontopleurinae trilobites only; article implies there is a graptolite fauna as well.
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Acidaspis jessi trilobite
Acanthalomina arctica trilobite | |