GSC 80491 and 79894, Harricana River (Silurian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 3668

Where: Quebec, Canada (50.8° N, 79.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.9° S, 91.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ekwan River Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• argillaceous limestone with coral biostromal beds, 3.7 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: J. Jin, W. G. E. Caldwell, and B. S. Norford. 1993. Early Silurian brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. Bulletin Geological Survey of Canada 457:1-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77343: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Rostricellula subtilicostata n. sp.
Rostricellula subtilicostata n. sp. Jin et al. 1993
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Megastrophia (Eomegastrophia) acanthoptera
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes harricanensis n. sp.
Protochonetes harricanensis n. sp. Jin et al. 1993
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
"Ozarkodina adiutricis" = Pterospathodus celloni
"Ozarkodina adiutricis" = Pterospathodus celloni Walliser 1964 conodont