Gaspe community, Gaspe Sandstone: Emsian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hystricrinus sp.
Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Xenasteridae
Devonaster sp. Schuchert 1914
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840
    = Platyceras gaspense Clarke 1908
Kindle 1938
Diaphorostoma sp. Fischer 1885
    = Diaphorostoma perceense Clarke 1908
Kindle 1938
recombined as Platyostoma perceense
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae
Holopea sp. Hall 1847
    = Holopea gaspeisa
Kindle 1938
Holopea wakenhami
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae
Callonema sp. Hall 1879
    = Callonema bellatulum Hall 1861
Kindle 1938
recombined as Elasmonema bellatula
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidocyclus brevilineatus (Conrad 1842)
recombined as Sinuitina brevilineatus
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
? Euphemus sp. M'Coy 1844
originally entered as "? Euphemus sp."
    = Euphemus quebecensis Clarke 1908
Kindle 1938
recombined as Paleuphemites quebecensis
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Tropidocyclus sp. de Koninck 1882
    = Tropidocyclus rotalinea Hall 1879
Kindle 1938
recombined as Crenistriella rotalinea
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808
    = Bellerophon leda Hall 1859
Kindle 1938
recombined as Retispira leda
ignore me
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Pleurotomaria sulcomarginata Conrad 1842
recombined as Calvibembexia sulcomarginata
var. lecerqui
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina
    = Murchisonia egregia
Kindle 1938
    = Murchisonioidea indet. Koken 1896
Wagner 2023
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
originally entered as "Leda sp."
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Sphenotus sp. Hall 1884
Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Modiella sp. Hall 1885
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Paracyclas sp. Hall 1843
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp. King 1844
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Lunulacardiidae
Lunulacardium sp. Münster 1840
originally entered as "Lunulicardium sp."
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
Mytilarca sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Palaeopinna sp. Hall 1883
Actinopteria sp. Hall 1884
Limoptera sp. Hall 1869
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Eatoniidae
Eatonia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Leptocoelia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Centronellidae
Rensselaeria sp.
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Cryptonella sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonostrophiidae
Chonostrophia sp.
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata - Cystoporata - Botrylloporidae
Botryllopora sp.
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Hederellidae
Hederella sp. Hall 1883
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestrellina sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839
Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Pterygotus sp. Agassiz 1839
Malacostraca - Archaeostraca
Tropidocaris sp.
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Quebec
Coordinates: 48.8° North, 64.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.6° South, 12.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Emsian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 2
*Local age/stage:Onesquetlawan
Key time interval:Emsian
Age range of interval:407.60000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Gaspé Sandstone
Stratigraphy comments: "(Onesquetlawan) L. Dev (Emsian)"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:current ripples sandstone
Environment:shoreface
Geology comments: "ss, in part x-bedded (lower part); overlying red beds (York Mbr); above, thin-bedded; some small faunas have 'Lingula and a few spp. of small pelecypods (p.28). nearshore (BA2)?"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"E.M. Kindle, 1938. The correlation of certain Dev faunas of eastern and western Gaspe. Bull. Am. Paleont. 24(82):1-52"
Metadata
Database number:608
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski, P. Wagner Enterer:M. Sommers, P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-04-06 13:21:59 Last modified:2022-10-14 16:23:34
Access level:the public Released:1999-04-06 13:21:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13441. E. M. Kindle. 1938. The correlation of certain Devonian faunas of Easter and Western Gaspe. Bulletins of American Paleontology 24(82):1-52 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

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