Pentameroides community, Fossil Hill Fm., Manitoulin Island: Llandovery, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Pentameridae
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Pentameroides sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Stricklandiidae
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtiidae
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Eospirifer sp.
Schuchert 1913
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Streptelasmatidae
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Asthenophyllum sp.
Grubbs 1939
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| originally entered as "Athenophyllum sp." | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Cystiphyllida
- Cystiphyllidae
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Cystiphyllum sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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Anthozoa
- Cystiphyllida
- Goniophyllidae
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Araeopoma sp.
Lindström 1883
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Goniophyllum sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Anthozoa
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Tabulata indet.
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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| tabulate corals | ||||||||||
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Stromatoporoidea
- Stromatoporoidea
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Stromatoporoidea indet.
Nicholson and Murie 1878
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| stromatoporoids | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Ontario |
| Coordinates: | 45.8° North, 82.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.2° South, 98.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Llandovery |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Llandovery | Zone: | Cycle IV |
| Age range of interval: | 443.8 - 433.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fossil Hill | Member: | upper | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Llandovery (upper), ~C4" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray dolomite | ||
| Environment: | marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
| Geology comments: "thin and med-bedded grey dolomite. quiter and/or deeper water than favositid community. cratonic (BA3)" | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Cooper, 1978" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 455 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-12-10 15:09:49 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-12-10 15:09:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61476. | G. A. Cooper. 1978. Paleoenvironments and paleocommunities in the Ordovician-Silurian sequence of Manitoulin Island. Michigan Basin Geological Society Special Paper 3:47-61 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |