Anticosti Island, East Point Mmb, Meniér Fm, Locality A1275: Aeronian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Clorindidae
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Clorinda sp.
Barrande 1879
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2 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Quebec |
Coordinates: | 49.3° North, 62.0° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 21.5° South, 34.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
Stage: | Aeronian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 |
Key time interval: | Aeronian | ||
Age range of interval: | 440.80000 - 438.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Meniér | Member: | East Point | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: middle Aeronian.
The Meniér Formation was established by Copper and Jin (2012, 2015) to comprise the 60 Goéland Member and East Point Member, previously considered the lower part of the Jupiter Formation (Copper and Long 1990). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | grainstone |
Secondary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 184861 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2017-03-28 04:09:03 | Last modified: | 2017-03-28 04:09:03 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-09-28 04:09:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
61979. | C. A. C. Gushulak. 2016. First Major Appearance of Brachiopod-Dominated Benthic Shelly Communities in the Reef Ecosystem during the Early Silurian. Western University [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |