Cow Head CH 82 (Cambrian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 2741

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (49.9° N, 57.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° 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)

• sample CH 82, 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 81286: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
 Olenida - Olenidae
Bienvillia cf. corax Billings 1865 trilobite
 Olenida - Loganellidae
 Harpetida - Harpididae
 Asaphida - Hungaiidae
Hungaia devinei trilobite
 Asaphida - Ptychaspididae
Keithiella cylindrica Billings 1860 trilobite
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Apatokephaloides macrops, "? Elkanaspis cristata" = Pseudokainella
"? Elkanaspis cristata" = Pseudokainella trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
Stenopilus intermedius Clark 1924 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Peracheilus insolitus n. sp. trilobite
Onchonotus convexus Rasetti 1944 trilobite