Clay cliff, Waynesville Fm.: Richmondian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Isotelus gigas
(Dekay 1824)
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recombined as Asaphus gigas | ||||||||||
Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Crania scabiosa
Hall 1866
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recombined as Petrocrania scabiosa | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophomenidae
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Strophomena planumbona
(Hall 1847)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Rafinesquina alternata
(Conrad 1838)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Platystrophiidae
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Platystrophia clarksvillensis
Foerste 1910
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Pterina (Caritodens) demissa
(Conrad 1842)
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recombined as Pterinea demissa | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Ambonychiidae
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Opisthoptera fissicosta
(Meek 1873)
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synonym of Opisthoptera casei | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Cyclonema bilix
(Conrad 1842)
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Cyclonema bilix conicum | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Lophospiridae
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Lophospira bowdeni
(Safford 1869)
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recombined as Paupospira bowdeni | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Ontario |
Coordinates: | 45.7° North, 81.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 21.6° South, 52.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Richmondian | ||
Age range of interval: | 449.50000 - 443.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Waynesville |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 173013 | ||
Authorizer: | B. Kröger | Enterer: | S. Scholze |
Modifier: | S. Scholze | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2015-09-08 04:20:21 | Last modified: | 2015-09-08 04:24:58 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-09-08 04:20:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11615. | A. F. Foerste. 1924. Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138(121):1-99 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |