Shaw collection N-1: Whiterockian, Canada
collected by F. C. Shaw 1960-
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Bathyuridae
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Uromystrum minor
(Raymond 1905)
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Illaenidae
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Thaleops conifrons
(Billings 1859)
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Stenopareia globosus
(Billings 1859)
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Trilobita
- Lichida
- Lichidae
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Amphilichas minganensis
(Billings 1865)
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Trilobita
- Harpetida
- Harpetidae
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Dolichoharpes sp.
Whittington 1949
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Hibbertia valcourensis
(Shaw 1968)
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Isotelus harrisi
Raymond 1905
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pterygometopidae
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Calyptaulax cf. annulata
(Raymond 1905)
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| recombined as Calliops annulatus | |||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Cheiruridae
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? Kawina sp.
Barton 1916
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Ceraurinella pompilia
(Billings 1865)
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Sphaerexochus parvus
Billings 1865
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pliomeridae
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Pliomerops canadensis
(Billings 1859)
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 50.2° North, 63.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.2° South, 46.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Whiterockian | Trilobite zone: | Bathyurus granulosus/Ceraurinella nahanniensis |
| Age range of interval: | 470.00000 - 457.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified grainstone | ||
| Environment: | carbonate indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: "Offshore bar-tidal delta". See also Shaw 1980. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | GSC | ||
| Collectors: | F. C. Shaw | Collection dates: | 1960s-70s |
| Collection method comments: "Field work for the present report was undertaken in 1966, 1971, and 1972 by F. C. Shaw and in 1978 by T. E. Bolton, M. J. Copeland, and G. S. Nowlan. Additional material was supplied by A. A. Petryk, A. Desrochers, and S. Desbiens." | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:Abundances reported to genus level only (Table 1) | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 111361 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Hopkins | Enterer: | M. Hopkins |
| Modifier: | M. Hopkins | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-23 06:45:03 | Last modified: | 2011-06-23 12:25:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-23 06:45:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36489. | F. C. Shaw and T. E. Bolton. 2011. Ordovician trilobites from the Romaine and Mingan Formations (Ibexian-Late Whiterockian), Mingan Islands, Quebec. Journal of Paleontology 85(3):406-441 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins] |