Broom Point North BPN 246 (Cambrian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 2741

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (49.8° N, 57.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° S, 59.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tuckers Cove Member (Shallow Bay Formation), Sunwaptan (493.5 - 487.5 Ma)

• unit 62, sample BPN 246, Serotina interval, Plethopeltid-catillicephalid biofacies

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; lithified limestone

• boulders derived from shelf-margin algal buildups

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Ludvigsen, S. R. Westrop, and C. H. Kindle. 1989. Sunwaptan (Upper Cambrian) trilobites of the Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 6:1-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81271: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.06.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
 Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
 Ptychopariida - Norwoodiidae
Paranorwoodia alpha n. sp. trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
"Peracheilus latus" = Peracheilus trilobite
"Acheilus laevis" = Peracheilus trilobite
Onchonotus convexus Rasetti 1944 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Apatokephaloides pauper Billings 1865 trilobite
 Asaphida - Eurekiidae
Eurekia ulrichi trilobite
 Asaphida - Ptychaspididae
 Corynexochida - Illaenuridae
Platydiamesus levisensis Rasetti 1944 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
"Litagnostus planulatus" = Pseudagnostus planulatus
"Litagnostus planulatus" = Pseudagnostus planulatus Raymond 1924
 Agnostida - Agnostidae