Prince of Wales Island (GSC C26920): Lochkovian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Chilidiopsidae
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Iridostrophia thorsteinssoni
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Iridistrophia | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Douvillinidae
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Cymostrophia sp.
Caster 1939
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Amphistrophiidae
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Mesodouvillina sp.
Williams 1950
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
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Asymmetrochonetes spinalonga
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Gypidulidae
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Gypidula dyerensis
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Atrypa sp.
Dalman 1828
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria protonevadensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Protocortezorthis quadriforma
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Cyrtinidae
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Cyrtina sp.
Davidson 1858
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240 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Machaerariidae
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Machaeraria obesa
Smith 1980
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Ancillotoechia magnaplica
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263 specimens | |||||||||
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Paragastropoda
- Mimospirida
- Onychochilidae
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Subulites sinistralis
Rohr and Smith 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Onychochilus sinistralis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bucaniidae
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Tremanotus cf. alpheus
(Hall 1868)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Tremanotus angustata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Oriostomatidae
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Oriostomatidae indet.
Koken 1896
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| idet. oriostomatid | ||||||||||
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Oriostoma sp.
Munier-Chalmas 1876
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cyclonema (Cyclonema) supralirata
Rohr and Smith 1978
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Oriomphalus supralirata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Hormotomidae
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? Catazone sp.
Perner 1907
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Catazone | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Phanerotrematidae
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Phanerotrema perryi
Rohr and Smith 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 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: | 3745 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Sommers | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-09 13:12:31 | Last modified: | 2001-08-16 13:10:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:20 |
| 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] |