Loc. GP3a, Green Point [Martin Point Mbr, Green Point Fm] (Cambrian of Canada)

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (49.7° N, 58.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° S, 60.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Martin Point Member (Green Point Formation), Franconian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Martin Point Mbr of the Cow Head Gp. AGE: Franconian radiolarian assemblage RA2. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the lower part of the Martin Point Mbr.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lithology can't be determined from Fig. 2 of Won and Iams (2002); probably sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies preparation.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Probably W. J. Iams. REPOSITORY: National Type Collection of Invertebrate and Plant Fossils, Geological Survey of Canada.

Primary reference: M.-Z. Won and W. J. Iams. 2002. Late Cambrian radiolarian faunas and biostratigraphy of the Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland. Journal of Paleontology 76(1):1-33 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90966: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.08.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for radiolarians and with characteristic condonts. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Protozoa
 Archaeospicularia - Echidninidae
Echidnina irregularis, Subechidnina florea, Curvechidnina longispinosa
Echidnina irregularis Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Subechidnina florea Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Curvechidnina longispinosa Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
 Archaeospicularia - Archeoentactiniidae
Pararcheoentactinia cf. reedae
Pararcheoentactinia cf. reedae Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
 Archaeospicularia - Palaeospiculidae
Palaeospiculum greenpointensis
Palaeospiculum greenpointensis Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian