Prince of Wales Island (GSC C26913): Lochkovian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Mesodouvillina sp. Williams 1950
10 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Cymostrophia sp. Caster 1939
58 specimens
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Iridostrophia thorsteinssoni
18 specimens
original and current combination Iridistrophia
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
7 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Undispirifer laeviplicatus
28 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
586 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
10 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Ancillotoechia magnaplica
1047 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula dyerensis
41 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria protonevadensis
200 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Protocortezorthis quadriforma
41 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
108 specimens
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras (Platyceras) aff. sinuatum Hall 1859
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
? Gyronema thorsteinssoni Rohr and Smith 1978
32 specimens
recombined as Oriostoma thorsteinssoni
Cyclonema (Cyclonema) supralirata Rohr and Smith 1978
3 specimens
recombined as Oriomphalus supralirata
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus (Euomphalus) sp. (Sowerby 1814)
14 specimens
    = Poleumita sp. Clarke and Ruedemann 1903
Wagner 2023
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Lytospira triquestrus (Lindström 1884)
8 specimens
recombined as Pachystrophia triquestra
Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Platyceras (Platyceras) daschi Rohr and Smith 1978
22 specimens
recombined as Orthonychia daschi
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
? Catazone sp. Perner 1907
12 specimens
spelled with current rank as Catazone
Coelocaulus sp. Oehlert and Oehlert 1888
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia (Murchisonia) sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina
? Soleniscus sp. Meek and Worthen 1860
6 specimens
    = Subulitoidea indet. Lindström 1884
Wagner 2023
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
Phanerotrema perryi Rohr and Smith 1978
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Odontomaria linsleyi Rohr and Smith 1978
9 specimens
recombined as Barocospira linsleyi
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Northwest Territories
Coordinates: 73.4° North, 101.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.0° South, 30.5° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Lochkovian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 1
*Period:Early/Lower Devonian
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Lochkovian
Key time interval:Lochkovian
Age range of interval:419.20000 - 410.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Peel Sound Formation equivalent beds.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous,silty lime mudstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Thin bedded, silty, argillaceous lime mudstone containing argillaceous seams.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Taxonomic list comments:List is gastropods and brachiopods. Fauna also present include "trilobites, pelecypods, auloproid corals, colonial corals, fish, rare to common crinoids, and orthocone cephalopods."
Metadata
Database number:3733
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Sommers, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-09 11:33:55 Last modified:2007-01-07 14:42:27
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-09 11:33:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

237. D. M. Rohr and R. E. Smith. 1978. Lower Devonian Gastropoda from the Canadian Arctic Islands. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 15:1228-1241 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]