PBDB Collection

Loc. BPS45, Broom Point South [Broom Point Mbr, Green Point 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, Broom Point Member (Green Point Formation), Trempealeauan (492.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Broom Point Mbr, Green Point Fm of the Cow Head Gp. AGE: Franconian radiolarian assemblage RA6. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the lowermot part of the Broom Point Mbr, upper 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 90971: 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
Paraconodontida -	Furnishina primitiva, Furnishina kranzae, Furnishina furnishi, Prooneotodus rotundatus, Prooneotodus gallatini Furnishina primitiva conodont Furnishina kranzae conodont Furnishina furnishi Muller 1959 conodont Prooneotodus rotundatus conodont Prooneotodus gallatini Müller 1959 conodont
Belodellida - Belodellidae	Coelocerodontus bicostatus Coelocerodontus bicostatus conodont
Protopanderodontida - Oneotodontidae	Teridontus nakamurai Teridontus nakamurai Nogami 1967 conodont
Proconodontida - Cordylodontidae	Eoconodontus alisonae Eoconodontus alisonae conodont
Proconodontida - Proconodontidae	Proconodontus muelleri Proconodontus muelleri Miller 1969 conodont
- Amphigeisinidae	Phakelodus elongatus, Phakelodus tenuis Phakelodus elongatus conodont Phakelodus tenuis Muller 1959 conodont
Protozoa
Archaeospicularia - Archeoentactiniidae	? Pararcheoentactinia impedia, Pararcheoentactinia cf. reedae, Pararcheoentactinia reedae ? Pararcheoentactinia impedia radiolarian Pararcheoentactinia cf. reedae Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian Pararcheoentactinia reedae Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Archaeospicularia - Palaeospiculidae	Ramuspiculum curvatum, Ramuspiculum multiramosum, Ramuspiculum trifurcatum, Palaeospiculum hexaradiatum, Palaeospiculum tetraradiatum Ramuspiculum curvatum Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian Ramuspiculum multiramosum Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian Ramuspiculum trifurcatum Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian Palaeospiculum hexaradiatum Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian Palaeospiculum tetraradiatum Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Archaeospicularia - Echidninidae	Grosmorneus "sp. A.", Grosmorneus globosus, Parechidnina jamesi, Parechidnina aspinosa, Echidnina sp., Echidnina curvata, Echidnina conjuncta Grosmorneus "sp. A." Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian Grosmorneus globosus Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian Parechidnina jamesi Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian Parechidnina aspinosa Won, in Won and Below 1999 radiolarian Echidnina sp. Bengtson 1986 radiolarian Echidnina curvata Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian Echidnina conjuncta Won and Iams 2002 radiolarian
Archaeospicularia - Protoentactiniidae	Protoentactinia gracilispinosa Protoentactinia gracilispinosa Kozur et al. 1996 radiolarian