White Head Fm, Perce, Quebec, Caradoc or Ashgill- Patzkowsky: Caradoc - Ashgill, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Oepikellidae
? Oepikella sp.
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Euprimitiidae
? Primitiella sp. Ulrich 1894
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
"Bythocypris" sp. Brady 1880
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Eridoconchidae
Eridoconcha sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Sphaerocoryphe sp. Angelin 1854
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Gravicalymene sp. b Shirley 1936
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
"Theamataspis" sp. Opik 1937
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Primaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Remopleurides sp. b Portlock 1843
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Quebec
Coordinates: 48.5° North, 64.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.3° South, 41.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
*Period:Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Caradoc - Ashgill
Key time interval:Caradoc - Ashgill
Age range of interval:458.40000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:White Head
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: Calcareous sandstones.
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Paper focuses on trilobites only, but occassionally includes a few other taxa which are included here.
Metadata
Database number:13129
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:A. Krug
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-01-22 10:28:19 Last modified:2004-07-07 20:29:20
Access level:the public Released:2002-01-22 10:28:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4376. P. J. Lespérance. 1968. Ordovician and Silurian trilobite faunas of the White Head Formation, Percé Region, Québec. Journal of Paleontology 42(3):811-826 [M. Patzkowsky/A. Krug/J. Alroy]