Putnam Highland: Edenian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Actinocerida
- Ormoceratidae
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Ormoceras (Actinoceras) allumettense
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Cephalopoda
- Actinocerida
- Actinoceratidae
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Paractinoceras (Actinoceras) canadense
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Actinoceras ? bigsbyi
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Orthoceras winnipegense
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Cephalopoda
- Endocerida
- Endoceratidae
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Cyclendoceras (Endoceras) subannulatum
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Nartheoceras (Endoceras) simpsoni
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Cephalopoda
- Ascocerida
- Ascoceratidae
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Billingsites (Ascoceras) costulatum
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Cephalopoda
- Oncocerida
- Diestoceratidae
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Dowlingoceras (Poterioceras) gracile
Whiteaves 1892
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Diestoceras (Poterioceras) nobile
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Diestoceras (Poterioceras) apertum
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Cephalopoda
- Discosorida
- Cyrtogomphoceratidae
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Cyrtogomphoceras (Oncoceras) intermedium
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Cyrtogomphoceras (Oncoceras) whiteavesi
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Cephalopoda
- Discosorida
- Westonoceratidae
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Winnipegoceras (Cyrtoceras) laticurvatum
Whiteaves 1897
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Westonoceras (Cyrtoceras) manitobense
(Whiteaves 1890)
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Cephalopoda
- Apsidoceratidae
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Charactoceras (Eurystomites) plicatus
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Cephalopoda
- Tarphycerida
- Trocholitidae
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Discoceras canadense
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Rutoceratidae
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? Trochoceras mccharlesi
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Northwest Territories |
| Coordinates: | 65.3° North, 73.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.7° South, 40.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Katian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 5 |
| *Period: | Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician | *Epoch: | Caradocian - Ashgillian | *Local age/stage: | Blackriveran - Richmondian |
| Key time interval: | Edenian | Conodont zone: | Belodina confluens |
| Age range of interval: | 451.10000 - 450.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Amadjuak | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Strata correlating with Red River Formation, Dog Head limestone of Manitoba. Zhang & Pell (2014) give this as the lower part of the Amadjuak |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: Environmental call by T. Hanson. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Putnam Highland, Strata Correlating to Red River Fm, Dog Head Limestone | ||
| Database number: | 26340 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | T. Hanson |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-10-13 15:31:31 | Last modified: | 2018-04-27 20:30:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-10-13 15:31:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7269. | L. M. Gould, A. F. Foerste, and R. C. Hussey. 1928. Contributions to the geology of Foxe Land, Baffin Island. In E. S. McCartney (ed.), Michigan University Contributions from the Museum of Geology 3:19-76 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/S. Bruning] |
Secondary references:
| 60152 | S. Zhang and J. Pell. 2014. Conodonts recovered from the carbonate xenoliths in the kimberlites confirm the Paleozoic cover on the Hall Peninsula, Nunavut. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51:142-155 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |