Weston, near Toroto, Waynesville Fm.: Richmondian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Pterina (Caritodens) demissa
(Conrad 1842)
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| recombined as Pterinea demissa | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Ontario | County: | Toronto |
| Coordinates: | 43.7° North, 79.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.1° South, 52.0° 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: | "limestone" |
| 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: | 173291 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Kröger | Enterer: | S. Scholze | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-09-16 04:00:58 | Last modified: | 2015-09-16 04:00:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-09-16 04:00:58 |
| 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] |