AN36: Telychian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Rielaspis elegantula
62 individuals
Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Arctinurus sp. Castelnau 1843
2 individuals
Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Decoroproetus dewingi Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
2 individuals
recombined as Dalarnepeltis dewingi
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Warburgella pratti
3 individuals
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886
2 individuals
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Acernaspis copperi Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
30 individuals lumped across Acernaspis
Acernaspis orestes (Billings 1860)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Distyrax maccormicki Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
21 individuals
Encrinurus longi n. sp. Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
5 individuals
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Radiurus adraini n. sp. Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
2 individuals
Hadromeros edgecombei
7 individuals
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae
Diacalymene lesperancei Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
27 individuals
Calymene gamachei n. sp. Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
85 individuals
Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Dalaspis pustulosa n. sp. Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
1 individual
Stelckaspis perplexa (Billings 1866)
9 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Quebec County:Anticosti Island
Coordinates: 49.4° North, 63.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.6° South, 33.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Llandovery
Stage:Telychian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1
Key time interval:Telychian
Age range of interval:438.50000 - 433.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Jupiter Member:Pavillon
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: green-grey shale, limestone interbeds
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Metadata
Database number:186053
Authorizer:M. Hopkins Enterer:M. Hopkins
Modifier:M. Hopkins Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-06-07 16:49:21 Last modified:2017-08-12 09:01:14
Access level:the public Released:2017-06-07 16:49:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61764. B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen. 2004. Early Silurian trilobites of Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 22 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]