Baillie Hamilton Island (GSC C26939): Lochkovian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
? Catazone sp. Perner 1907
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Catazone
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras (Platyceras) aff. sinuatum Hall 1859
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Cyclonema (Cyclonema) supralirata Rohr and Smith 1978
3 specimens
recombined as Oriomphalus supralirata
Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Platyceras (Orthonychia) aff. dentalium Hall 1862
198 specimens
recombined as Orthonychia dentalium
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Iridostrophia johnsoni
59 specimens
original and current combination Iridistrophia
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Strophonella cf. plasi
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Mesodouvillina equicostata
283 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena nassichucki (Smith 1980)
3 specimens
misspelling Leptaena nassichuki
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Arctispira canadensis Smith 1980
214 specimens
recombined as Rhynchogilviella canadensis
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa nieczlawiensis
5 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria fossula
680 specimens
ssp. fossula
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina submurifer
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Tyersella sp.
13 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula pelagica
1 specimen
ssp. pyraforme
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida
Notoparmella sp. Johnson 1973
105 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Acanthospirifer macdonaldi
2 specimens
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
9 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Undispirifer laeviplicatus
5 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Tadschikia crassiforma
3 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Ancillotoechia gutta
49 specimens
ssp. rotunda
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
16 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Northwest Territories
Coordinates: 76.0° North, 94.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.8° South, 25.7° 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: Unnamed formation that overlies the Cape Phillips Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous lime mudstone
Secondary lithology: packstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Thin to medium bedded argillaceous lime mudstone to packestone.
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:3748
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:M. Sommers
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-09 13:51:09 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]