Melville Peninsula, south-central shore, lower Lailor Lakes, Bad Cache Rapids Fm: Wildernessian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
informal Astraeospongid sp.
Chlorophyceae - Receptaculitidae
Receptaculites sp. Defrance 1827
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Columnal debris
Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Gonioceratidae
Lambeoceras baffinense Miller et al. 1954
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Ephippiorthoceras compressum
Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Cyclendoceras sp. Grabau and Shimer 1910
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Diestoceratidae
Diestoceras cf. schucherti
Diestoceras sp. Foerste 1924
Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Cyrtogomphoceratidae
? Cyrtogomphoceras sp. Foerste 1924
Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Westonoceratidae
Winnipegoceras sp. Foerste 1928
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurites ungava Wilson 1938
Maclurites manitobensis (Whiteaves 1890)
recombined as Maclurina manitobensis
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema sp. Salter 1859
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena undulosa Roy 1941
recombined as Nasutimena undulosa
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833
Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Eoleperditia sp. Swartz 1949
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma oppletum
Grewingkia robusta Whiteaves 1896
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Stauriidae
? Favistina sp. Flower 1961
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Cyrtophyllidae
Cyrtophyllum pattersoni
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
Coccoseris astomata Flower 1961
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora spp.
Catenipora aequabilis (Teichert 1937)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Northwest Territories County:District of Franklin
Coordinates: 69.2° North, 82.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.5° South, 42.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 4-5
*Period:Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician *Local age/stage:Wildernessian - Barneveldian
Key time interval:Wildernessian
Age range of interval:457.00000 - 449.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bad Cache Rapids
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,gray "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Thin-bedded to massive, light brown and grey fossiliferous limestone.
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:26948
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:T. Hanson
Modifier:S. Holland Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-11-09 11:27:23 Last modified:2004-10-22 13:12:37
Access level:the public Released:2002-11-09 11:27:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7452. T. E. Bolton. 1977. Ordovician megafauna, Melville Peninsula, southeastern District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 269:23-75 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/M. Uhen]