Cobourg Fm, Consecon quarry, Table D.14: Caradoc, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Lingulidae
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Lingula sp.
Bruguiére 1797
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Craniata
- Craniopsida
- Craniopsidae
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? Craniops sp.
Hall 1859
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
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Strophomenida sp.
Opik 1934
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Sowerbyella sp.
Jones 1928
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308 specimens | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Furcitellidae
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Oepikina sp.
(Salmon 1942)
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29 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Opikina | |||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Rafinesquina sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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67 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Cyclospiridae
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Cyclospira sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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84 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Anazygidae
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Zygospira sp.
Hall 1862
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotrematidae
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Rhynchotrema sp.
Hall 1860
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Dalmanella sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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183 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plaesiomyidae
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? Plaesiomys sp.
Hall and Clarke 1892
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Calymenidae
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Flexicalymene sp.
Shirley 1936
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Cheiruridae
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Ceraurus sp.
Green 1832
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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Isotelus sp.
Dekay 1824
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Demospongiae
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Demospongia indet.
Sollas 1875
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1 specimen | ||||||
| corrected as Demospongiae | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Ontario |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 77.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.9° South, 54.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Caradoc | ||
| Age range of interval: | 458.40000 - 449.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cobourg |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified packstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | gray lithified calcareous mudstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | deep subtidal indet. | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Abundance in sediment: | common |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: collection taken from an active stone quarry; large blocks counted in the field | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 64482 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Peters | Enterer: | S. Peters | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-09 09:50:21 | Last modified: | 2024-03-31 19:20:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-09 09:50:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13544. | S. E. Peters. 2003. Evenness, richness and the Cambrian-Paleozoic faunal transition in North America: an assemblage-level perspective. The University of Chicago 1-279 [S. Peters/S. Peters/P. Wagner] |