GSC O-106298, Île d’Aloigny: Cassinian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Bolbocephalus convexus (Billings 1865)
Strigigenalis caudata (Billings 1865)
Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Hystricurus conicus (Billings 1859)
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isoteloides peri Fortey 1979
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
"Maclurites" affinis (Billings 1865)
recombined as Teiichispira affinis
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Ceratopea canadensis (Billings 1865)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Lecanospira (Lecanospira) compacta (Salter 1859)
Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae
Ribeiria calcifera Billings 1865
Tergomya - Archinacellida - Archinacellidae
? Archinacella simplex (Billings 1865)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Finkelnburgiidae
Finkelnburgia cullisoni Ulrich and Cooper 1936
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Quebec
Coordinates: 45.3° North, 74.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.3° South, 61.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Early/Lower Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 1-2
Key time interval:Cassinian
Age range of interval:482.00000 - 470.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Beauharnois Member:Ogdensburg
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Strigigenalis caudata Zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:dolomitic lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Dolomitic limestone and irregular to lenticular (2-20 cm) beds of bioclasitc packstone and grainstone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Metadata
Database number:50065
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-05-05 11:03:56 Last modified:2006-09-03 22:45:55
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-05 11:03:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11493. S. Desbiens, T. E. Bolton, and A.D. McCracken. 1996. Fauna of the lower Beauharnois Formation (Beekmantown Group, Lower Ordovician), Grand île, Quebec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33(8):1132-1153 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]