GSC C-22185, Baillie-Hamilton Is.: Sheinwoodian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Cheiruridae
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Sphaerexochus dimorphus n. sp.
Whittington and Evitt 1953
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Youngia sp.
Lindström 1885
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Calymenidae
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Calymene sp.
Brongniart 1822
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Illaenidae
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Illaenidae indet.
Hawle and Corda 1847
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Trilobita
- Odontopleurida
- Odontopleuridae
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Dudleyaspis sp.
Prantl and Pribyl 1949
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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Proetus sp.
Steininger 1831
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P. (s.l.) | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Lichida
- Lichidae
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Lichidae informal indet. 3
Hawle and Corda 1847
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Indeterminate lichid sp. 3 | ||||||||||
? Acanthopyge rohri
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Adrain and Ramskold 1996 | |||||||||
Borealarges mikulicorum
(Perry and Chatterton 1977)
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Adrain and Ramskold 1996 | |||||||||
Dicranogmus skinneri n. sp.
Perry and Chatterton 1977
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Ostracoda
- Leperditellocopida
- Aparchitidae
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Aparchites sp.
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Northwest Territories |
Coordinates: | 75.8° North, 94.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 3.5° North, 32.7° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Wenlock |
Stage: | Sheinwoodian | 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 |
Key time interval: | Sheinwoodian | ||
Age range of interval: | 433.40000 - 430.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cape Phillips | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Parts of section yielding trilobites are from about 97.5 ft. to 245 ft. above base, spanning early Wenlockian Cyrtograptus canadenses through penultimate Wenlockian Monograptus testis zones. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal "limestone" | ||
Secondary lithology: | calcareous "shale" | ||
Lithology description: "alternating fine grained, argillaceous limestones and lesser amounts of interbedded calcareous shale and biogenic limestone" Column shows the last two named lithologies to be most relevant to these collections. | |||
Environment: | slope | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Geology comments: SEP environmental call based on given info and regional context |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | GSC |
Metadata
Also known as: | Trilobite-Ostracode Fauna, Cape Phillips Fm. | ||
Database number: | 26005 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
Created: | 2002-09-30 14:33:49 | Last modified: | 2006-09-12 16:55:35 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-09-30 14:33:49 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
7202. | D. G. Perry and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1977. Silurian (Wenlockian) trilobites from Baillie-Hamilton Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 14:285-317 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] |
Secondary references:
7199 | J. M. Adrain and L. Ramskold. 1996. The lichid trilobite Radiolichas in the Silurian of Arctic Canada and Gotland, Sweden. Geological Magazine 133:147-158 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] |