Melville Peninsula, GSC loc 89833 sec 5, Bad Cache Rapids Formation: Blackriveran - Kirkfieldian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Conodonta
- Panderodontida
- Panderodontidae
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Belodina compressa
(Branson and Mehl 1933)
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3 elements | ||||||
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Panderodus gracilis
(Branson and Mehl 1933)
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24 elements | ||||||
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
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Periodon grandis
(Ethington 1959)
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2 elements | ||||||
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Conodonta
- Prioniodontida
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Phragmodus undatus
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4 elements | ||||||
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Conodonta
- Prioniodontida
- Rhipidognathidae
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Appalachignathus sp.
Bergström et al. 1974
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1 element | ||||||
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Conodonta
- Belodellida
- Dapsilodontidae
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Acodus mutatus
(Branson and Mehl 1933)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Dapsilodus mutatus | |||||||
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Conodonta
- Protopanderodontida
- Drepanoistodontidae
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Drepanoistodus suberectus
(Branson and Mehl 1933)
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6 elements | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Northwest Territories | County: | District of Franklin |
| Coordinates: | 68.0° North, 85.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.9° South, 43.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| 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: | Blackriveran - Kirkfieldian |
| Key time interval: | Blackriveran - Kirkfieldian | ||
| 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: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: Environmental call by T. Hanson. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | chemical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | GSC |
Metadata
| Database number: | 27087 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | T. Hanson |
| Modifier: | T. Hanson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-11-16 17:51:43 | Last modified: | 2003-07-18 18:05:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-11-16 17:51:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7505. | C. R. Barnes. 1977. Ordovician conodonts from the Ship Point and Bad Cache Rapids Formations, Melville Peninsula, southeastern District of Franklin. Geology of Ordovician rocks, Melville Peninsula and region, southeastern District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 269:99-119 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson] |