Loc. MP23c, Martin Point [Tuckers Cove Mbr, Shallow Bay Fm] (Cambrian of Canada)

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (49.8° N, 57.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° S, 60.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tuckers Cove Member (Shallow Bay Formation), Franconian (501.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tuckers Cove Mbr, Shallow Bay Fm of the Cow Head Gp. AGE: Franconian radiolarian assemblage RA3. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the middle part of the Tuckers Cove Mbr, lower part of the section.

• 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 or mudstone. 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 90968: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for radiolarians and with characteristic condonts. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
unclassified
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Protozoa
 Archaeospicularia - Echidninidae
Echidnina sp. Bengtson 1986 radiolarian
Echidnina irregularis Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Echidnina ? stevensi Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Echidnina curvata Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Subechidnina delicata Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Subechidnina florea Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Subechidnina pressa Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Subechidnina gracilis Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Curvechidnina longispinosa Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Curvechidnina tetractina Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Curvechidnina fusa Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Curvechidnina kozuri Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Parechidnina jamesi Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
 Archaeospicularia - Archeoentactiniidae
Pararcheoentactinia reedae Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
 Archaeospicularia - Protoentactiniidae
Protoentactinia gracilispinosa Kozur et al. 1996 radiolarian
 Archaeospicularia - Palaeospiculidae
Palaeospiculum hexaradiatum Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Conodonta
 Paraconodontida -
  - Amphigeisinidae
Phakelodus tenuis Muller 1959 conodont