Sandy Cove, West Point Fm., Port Daniel, Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec (Silurian of Canada)
Where: Quebec, Canada (48.2° N, 65.0° W: paleocoordinates 25.2° S, 33.0° W)
When: West Point Formation, Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)
• middle Wenlock to latest Ludlow.
Environment/lithology: marine
• "The general distribution of the tabulate corals in the various facies of the West Point Fm. has been extensively described by Lee and Noble (1988)." The halysitids are found in shaley limestones (moderately deep platform) and a shallow-water facies (unspecified lithology).
Primary reference: G. A. Young, D.-J. Lee, and J. P. Noble. 1991. Halysitid and Auloporid tabulate corals from the Gascons and West Point Formations (Silurian), Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 65(5):715-726 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 734: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 02.03.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• corals reported only. they indicate there are crinoid shoals, and also stromatoporoids.
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