Loc. BPS40, Broom Point South [Tuckers Cove Mbr, Shallow Bay Fm] (Cambrian of Canada)

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (49.8° N, 57.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° S, 60.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eoconodontus notchpeakensis conodont zone, Tuckers Cove Member (Shallow Bay Formation), Trempealeauan (492.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tuckers Cove Mbr, Shallow Bay Fm of the Cow Head Gp. AGE: Franconian radiolarian assemblage RA5. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the middle part of the Tuckers Cove Mbr, lower part of the section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. 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 90970: 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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Conodonta
 Proconodontida - Cordylodontidae
Eoconodontus notchpeakensis
Eoconodontus notchpeakensis Miller 1969 conodont
Protozoa
 Archaeospicularia - Archeoentactiniidae
? Pararcheoentactinia impedia, Pararcheoentactinia reedae, Pararcheoentactinia cf. reedae
Pararcheoentactinia reedae Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Pararcheoentactinia cf. reedae Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
 Archaeospicularia - Echidninidae
Echidnina sp., Echidnina irregularis
Echidnina sp. Bengtson 1986 radiolarian
Echidnina irregularis Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
 Archaeospicularia - Protoentactiniidae
Protoentactinia gracilispinosa
Protoentactinia gracilispinosa Kozur et al. 1996 radiolarian