Pen Island 1: Richmondian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Coleodontidae
"Neocoleodus" sp. Branson and Mehl 1933
Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Drepanoistodus suberectus (Branson and Mehl 1933)
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida
Plectodina tenuis
Conodonta - Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Plegagnathus dartoni Stone and Furnish 1959
Belodina confluens Sweet 1979
Panderodus unicostatus (Branson and Mehl 1933)
original and current combination Paltodus unicostatus
Pseudobelodina sp. Sweet 1979
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Manitoba
Coordinates: 56.7° North, 88.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.1° South, 49.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Richmondian Conodont zone:
Age range of interval:449.80000 - 446.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Churchill River Formation:Caution Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: PJW: Formation not named, but this should be Caution Creek.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: dolomite
Lithology description: ossiliferous limestone in the lower part changing upwards to dolostone and evaporite.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:177643
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-04-07 06:45:22 Last modified:2018-05-16 17:45:32
Access level:the public Released:2016-04-07 06:45:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
58686. S. Zhang and C. R. Barnes. 2007. Late Ordovician- Early Silurian conodont biostratigraphy and thermal maturity, Hudson Bay Basin. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 55(3):179-216 [E. Jarochowska/P. Nätscher]