Vars, Waynesville Fm.: Richmondian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Craniata - Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Pholidops subtruncata (Hall 1847)
recombined as Craniops subtruncata
Craniata - Craniida - Craniidae
Crania scabiosa Hall 1866
recombined as Petrocrania scabiosa
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Plectambonites sericeus Sowerby 1839
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina mucronata Foerste 1914
Rafinesquina alternata (Conrad 1838)
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Catazyga headi (Billings 1862)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterina (Caritodens) demissa (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Pterinea demissa
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Pholadomorpha pholadiformis (Hall 1851)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Ontario
Coordinates: 45.4° North, 75.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.2° South, 48.2° 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: not reported
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:173150
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:S. Scholze
Modifier:S. Scholze Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-09-10 07:49:49 Last modified:2015-09-14 07:25:40
Access level:the public Released:2015-09-10 07:49:49
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]