Boulder 37 (Levis Conglomerate): Trempealeauan, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Agnostida
- Diplagnostidae
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Pseudagnostus gyps
(Clark 1923)
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Agnostida
- Agnostidae
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Agnostus americanus
Billings 1860
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Trilobita
- Olenida
- Idahoiidae
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Lauzonella broeggeri
(Clark 1924)
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Trilobita
- Olenida
- Olenidae
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Bienvillia corax
(Billings 1865)
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Trilobita
- Olenida
- Loganellidae
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Levisella affinis
(Billings 1865)
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Catillicephalidae
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Acheilus microps
Rasetti 1944
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Onchonotus richardsoni
(Walcott 1911)
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Acheilus communis
Rasetti 1944
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Plethopeltidae
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Leiocoryphe occipitalis
Rasetti 1944
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Raymondinidae
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Raymondina respecta
Clark 1924
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Ptychaspididae
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Keithiella cylindrica
(Billings 1860)
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Keithia subclavata
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Hungaiidae
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Hungaia magnifica
(Billings 1860)
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Trilobita
- Harpetida
- Heterocaryonidae
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Heterocaryon tuberculatum
Rasetti 1944
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Leiostegiidae
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Aposolenopleura dunbari
Raymond 1937
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Quebec |
Coordinates: | 46.8° North, 71.2° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° South, 70.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Furongian |
10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Trempealeauan | Trilobite zone: | Hungaia |
Age range of interval: | 489.2 - 485.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray lithified sandy "limestone" |
Lithology description: Fauna is sampled from conglomerate boulders which "usually consist of pure, fine-grained limestone ranging in color from light to dark gray, the latter often assuming a purplish hue. Quartz sand may occur in these limestones, and in a few instances its percentage is so high that the rock might rather be designated as a calcareous sandstone." | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 224139 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Hopkins | Enterer: | M. Hopkins |
Modifier: | M. Hopkins | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2022-01-19 12:34:15 | Last modified: | 2022-01-19 12:34:26 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-01-19 12:34:15 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
79143. | F. Rasetti. 1944. Upper Cambrian trilobites from the Levis Conglomerate. Journal of Paleontology 18(3):229-258 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins] |