Gaspé Peninsula, Ristigouche Outcrop Belt, Anse a Pierre Loiselle Formation: Niagaran, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Coolina sp.
Drummockina sp.
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Stricklandiidae
Costistricklandia lirata Sowerby 1839
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
Eospirifer cf. radiatus (Sowerby 1834)
Cyrtia sp. Dalman 1828
Cyrtia cf. exporrecta (Wahlenberg 1818)
recombined as Cyrtia exporrectus
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Anomia reticularis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina sp. Hall 1867
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
Resserella sp. Bancroft 1928
Resserella elangulata
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protomegastrophia sp. Caster 1939
"Protomegastrophia" sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis (Wahlenberg 1818)
recombined as Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Eopholidostrophiidae
Mesopholidostrophia sp. Williams 1950
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Neumanella sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella sp. Opik 1933
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
Plectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Québec
Coordinates: 47.8° North, 67.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.7° South, 35.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Silurian
10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1-2
*Period:Early/Lower Silurian *Epoch:Llandoverian - Wenlockian
*International age/stage:Telychian *Local age/stage:Niagaran
Key time interval:Niagaran Zone: Costistricklandia lirata
Age range of interval:440.10000 - 422.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chaleurs Formation:Anse a Pierre-Loiselle
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "shale"
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Gray shale with limestone nodules. Lithology from G. S. Nowlan. 1981. Late Ordovician - Early Silurian conodont biostratigraphy of the Gaspé Peninsula - a preliminary report. Field meeting, Anticosti-Gaspé, Québec, 1981: IUGS Subcommssion on Silurian Stratigraphy, Ordovician-Silurian Boundary Working Group Guidebook 2:257-291. Edited by P. J. Lespérance.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: Environmental call by T. Hanson.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:25161
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:T. Hanson
Modifier:S. Holland Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-30 16:03:41 Last modified:2003-07-08 09:28:42
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-30 16:03:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7051. A. J. Boucot and P. A. Bourque. 1981. Brachiopod biostratigraphy of the Llandoverian rocks of the Gaspé Peninsula. In P. J. Lespérance (ed.), Field meeting, Anticosti-Gaspé, Québec, 1981: IUGS Subcommssion on Silurian Stratigraphy, Ordovician-Silurian Boundary Working Group Guidebook 2:315-321 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning]