Anticosti Island, Vaureal Formation: Ashgill, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Conodonta - Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959
Plegagnathus dartoni Stone and Furnish 1959
Belodina profunda
Conodonta - Ozarkodinida
Plectodina sp.
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Amorphognathus ordovicicus Bergström and Bergström 1996
Conodonta - Prioniodontida
Aphelognathus sp.
Aphelognathus pyramidalis (Branson et al. 1951)
Oulodus rhoneri
Oulodus ulrichi
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida
Oepikellacea sp. Jaanusson 1957
Copeland 1981
corrected as Oepikelloidea
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Quadrijugatoridae
Quadrijugatoridae sp. Kesling and Hussey 1953
Copeland 1981
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida
Kloedenellacea sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1908
Copeland 1981
corrected as Kloedenioidea
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Aechminidae
Aechminidae sp. (Boucek 1936)
Copeland 1981
Aechmininae
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Bolliidae
Bolliidae sp. Boucek 1936
Copeland 1981
Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida
Leperditellacea sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1906
Copeland 1981
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Eurychilinidae
Eurychilinidae sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923
Copeland 1981
Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Tetradellidae
Tetradellidae sp. Swartz 1936
Copeland 1981
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Québec
Coordinates: 49.5° North, 63.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.2° South, 38.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Ashgillian
*Local age/stage:Richmondian
Key time interval:Ashgill
Age range of interval:449.60000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jolliet Formation:Vaureal
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Limestone with shale partings.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: Environmental call by T. Hanson.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Collection methods:chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:24566
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:T. Hanson
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-10 11:25:24 Last modified:2005-02-15 19:59:09
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-10 11:25:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6910. A. D. McCracken and C. R. Barnes. 1981. Conodont biostratigraphy across the Ordovician-Silurian boundary, Ellis Bay Formation, Anticosti Island, Québec. In P. J. Lespérance (ed.), Field meeting, Anticosti-Gaspé, Québec, 1981: IUGS Subcommssion on Silurian Stratigraphy, Ordovician-Silurian Boundary Working Group, Stratigraphy and Paleontology 2:61-69 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]

Secondary references:

6962 M. J. Copeland. 1981. Latest Ordovician and Silurian ostradcode faunas from Anticosti Island, Québec. In P. J. Lespérance (ed.), Field meeting, Anticosti-Gaspé, Québec, 1981: IUGS Subcommssion on Silurian Stratigraphy, Ordovician-Silurian Boundary Working Group, Stratigraphy and Paleontology 2:185-195 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]