Ridgemont Quarry. 8 m.: Pridoli, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Nektaspidida - Naraoiidae
Pérez-Peris et al. 2020
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Ontario
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 79.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.0° South, 67.3° West (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Pridoli
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 2
Key time interval: Pridoli
Age range of interval: 422.7 - 419.62 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bertie Member:Williamsville
Local section:Ridgemount Quarries Local bed:8 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified dolomite
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:236009
Authorizer:R. Bicknell Enterer:R. Bicknell
Modifier:P. Wagner
Created:2024-09-09 09:42:43 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2024-09-09 09:42:43
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

89366. J. Caron, D. M. Rudkin, and S. Milliken. 2005. A New Late Silurian (Pridolian) Naraoiid (Euarthropoda: Nektaspida) from the Bertie Formation of Southern Ontario Canada: Delayed Fallout from the Cambrian Explosion. Journal of Paleontology 78(6):1138-1145 [R. Bicknell/R. Bicknell/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

89372 F. Pérez-Peris, L. Laibl, L. Lustri, P. Gueriau, J. B. Antcliffe, O. G. Bath Enright, and A. C. Daley. 2020. A new nektaspid euarthropod from the Lower Ordovician strata of Morocco. Geological Magazine 158(3):509-517 [R. Bicknell/R. Bicknell/P. Wagner]