Bustard Cove, Benthamaspis gibberula Interval Zone: Cassinian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Grinnellaspis flabelliformis (Fortey 1979)
original and current combination Punka flabelliformis
Benthamaspis gibberula (Billings 1865)
Bathyurus gibberulus
Bathyurellus sp. Billings 1865
Bathyurellus abruptus Billings 1865
Bathyurellus platypus Fortey 1979
Uromystrum sp. Whittington 1953
Uromystrum sp. cf. U. affine
Grinnellaspis marginiatus (Billings 1865)
recombined as Uromystrum marginiatus
Strigigenalis caudata (Billings 1865)
Petigurus sp. Raymond 1913
Petigurus nero (Billings 1865)
Bolbocephalus kindlei Boyce 1989
Bolbocephalus convexus (Billings 1865)
Catochia glabra Fortey 1979
Jeffersonia sp. Poulson 1927
Jeffersonia timon (Billings 1865)
Jeffersonia angustimarginata Boyce 1989
synonym of Jeffersonia jenni
Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Ischyrotoma anataphra Fortey 1979
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isoteloides canalis (Whitfield 1886)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Strotactinus insularis (Billings 1865)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Newfoundland
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 57.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.6° South, 46.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Early/Lower Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 1-2
Key time interval:Cassinian Trilobite zone: Benthamaspis gibberula
Age range of interval:482.00000 - 470.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:St. George Formation:Catoche Member:Laignet Point
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: argillaceous "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Section 8 of Knight, 1991
Database number:195758
Authorizer:B. Kröger Enterer:B. Kröger
Created:2018-08-23 08:05:12 Last modified:2018-08-23 08:05:12
Access level:the public Released:2018-08-23 08:05:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

66625. W. D. Boyce and S. Stouge. 1997. Trilobite and Conodont Biostratigraphy of the St. George Group, Eddies Cove west area, Western Newfoundland. Current Research 97(1):183-200 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]