Where: Quebec, Canada (46.0° N, 72.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 49.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nicolet River Formation (Lorraine Group), Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• Listed as Upper Caradoc, Local series: Lorraine(Maysville)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; poorly lithified shale and poorly lithified, silty shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. W. Bretsky. 1977. Macroinvertebrate teilzones and episodic faunal changes from an Upper Ordovician flysch in Quebec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 14:1674-1686 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77222: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Paul Hearn on 02.01.2008

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