ICS 1421, north-northeast of Norris Point: Dyeran, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae
Triplicatella sp. Conway Morris 1990
Hyolithida
Parkula sp. Bengtson et al. 1990
Skovsted and Peel 2007 15 specimens
Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Eothele sp. Rowell 1980
Skovsted and Peel 2007
Helcionelloida - Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella sp. Matthew 1895
Skovsted and Peel 2007 500 specimens
Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Yochelcionellidae
Yochelcionella cf. chinensis Pei 1985
Skovsted and Peel 2007 100 specimens
Trilobita - Ptychopariida
Ptychoparioidea indet. (Matthew 1887)
Skovsted and Peel 2007
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Olenellidae indet. Walcott 1890
Skovsted and Peel 2007
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Dorypygidae indet. Kobayashi 1935
Skovsted and Peel 2007
Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Skovsted and Peel 2007 25 specimens
Archiasterella sp. Sdzuy 1969
Skovsted and Peel 2007 4 specimens
Salterellidae
Salterella sp. Billings 1861
Skovsted and Peel 2007 600 specimens
Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872
Skovsted and Peel 2007 4 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Newfoundland and Labrador
Coordinates: 49.5° North, 57.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.2° South, 73.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Series 2
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 2-3
Key time interval: Dyeran
Age range of interval: 514.8 - 511 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Labrador Formation:Forteau Member:Dear Arm
Regional section:Forteau Regional bed:180 m
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: middle Dyeran.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 4.6 m. thick layer of grey, bioclastic limestone
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,permineralized,replaced with silica,replaced with phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Metadata
Database number:78747
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-02-16 11:26:23 Last modified:2012-10-28 01:16:56
Access level:the public Released:2008-02-16 11:26:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32751. C. B. Skovsted. 2003. Unusually preserved Salterella from the Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation of Newfoundland. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 125(1):17-22 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

26481 C. B. Skovsted and J. S. Peel. 2007. Small shelly fossils from the argillaceous facies of the Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation of western Newfoundland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(4):729-748 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]