Section W-1. 023.5 - 024.5 m. South Thundercloud Range, District of Mackenzie: Edenian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Pseudobelodina kirki
1 specimen
Pseudobelodina dispansa (Glenister 1957)
1 specimen
Panderodus feulneri (Glenister 1957)
20 specimens
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida
Plectodina tenuis
3 specimens
Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Drepanoistodus suberectus (Branson and Mehl 1933)
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella redstonensis n. sp. Mitchell and Sweet 1989
recombined as Thaerodonta redstonensis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Megamyonia cf. unicostata (Meek and Worthen 1868)
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Tetraphalerella cooperi Wang 1949
recombined as Strophomena (Tetraphalerella) cooperi
Strophomena vetusta James 1874
Holtedahlina sulcata (Hall and Clarke 1892)
Strophomena sulcata
Strophomena fluctuosa Billings 1860
recombined as Nasutimena fluctuosa
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina cf. sardesoni
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sulcata Howe 1965
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Lepidocyclus perlamellosus (Whitfield 1878)
recombined as Lepidocyclus perlamellosa
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Ancistrorhynchidae
Ancistrorhynchia sp. (Ulrich and Cooper 1942)
original and current combination Ancistrorhyncha
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Pionodema sp. Foerste 1912
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Plaesiomys (Pionorthis) sola
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Tetradellidae
Tetradella sp. Ulrich 1890
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Oepikellidae
Oepikella sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Krausella inaequalis
Krausella ? minuta
? Krausella cf. acuta
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Phelobythocypris sp. Warshauer and Berdan 1982
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Bumastoides sp. (Whittington 1954)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Tricopelta mackenziensis Ludvigsen and Chatterton 1982
Calyptaulax sp. Cooper 1930
Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
? Encrinuroides sp. Reed 1931
Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Borealaspis cf. whittakerensis Ludvigsen 1976
Ceraurinus serratus
Ceraurinella cf. brevispina Ludvigsen 1979
Acanthoparypha goniopyga Ludvigsen 1979
Ceraurus cf. tuberosus Troedsson 1928
Ceraurinus cf. tuberousus
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Anataphrus cf. borraeus Whittington 1954
Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Hypodicranotus cf. striatulus (Walcott 1875)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Northwest Territories
Coordinates: 62.5° North, 125.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.9° North, 57.1° West
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Katian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
Key time interval:Edenian Conodont zone: Oulodus velicuspis
Age range of interval:451.10000 - 450.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Whittaker
Local section:W-1 Local bed:23.5 - 24.5 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Base of Oulodus velicuspis zone; Ceraurus mackenziensis zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty "limestone"
Lithology description: shaly or silty limestone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Metadata
Database number:192139
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-03-12 23:19:02 Last modified:2021-12-28 15:12:59
Access level:the public Released:2018-03-12 23:19:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

65005. C. E. Mitchell and W. C. Sweet. 1989. Upper Ordovician conodonts, brachiopods, and chronostratigraphy of the Whittaker Formation, southwestern District of Mackenzie, N. W. T., Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 26:74-87 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]