Oakville, Waynesville Fm.: Richmondian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena planumbona (Hall 1847)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina alternata (Conrad 1838)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia clarksvillensis Foerste 1910
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cyclonema bilix (Conrad 1842)
Cyclonema bilix conicum
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Opisthoptera fissicosta (Meek 1873)
synonym of Opisthoptera casei
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterina (Caritodens) demissa (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Pterinea demissa
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Ontario
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 79.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.3° South, 52.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Richmondian
Age range of interval:449.80000 - 446.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waynesville
Lithology and environment
Primary 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:173240
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:S. Scholze
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-09-14 05:10:24 Last modified:2015-09-14 05:10:24
Access level:the public Released:2015-09-14 05:10:24
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]