Romaine Fm., Sainte-Genevieve Mbr., loc.4: Arenigian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae
Anthaspidella amplia n. sp. Rigby and Desrochers 1995
Brachiopoda
Brachiopoda indet. (Cuvier 1805)
Kröger et al. 2017
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Kröger et al. 2017
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Quebec
Coordinates: 50.3° North, 63.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.3° South, 51.2° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2
Key time interval:Arenigian
Age range of interval:477.70000 - 468.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Romaine Member:Sainte-Genevieve
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:dolomitic,stromatolitic lithified wackestone
Secondary lithology:dolomitic lithified grainstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:66131
Authorizer:S. Peters, W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Peters, M. Krause
Modifier:P. Novack-Gottshall Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-29 11:09:41 Last modified:2018-08-24 13:09:59
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-29 11:09:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18941. J. K. Rigby and A. Desrochers. 1995. Lower and Middle Ordovician lithistid demosponges from the Mingan Islands, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 69(4):1-35 [S. Peters/S. Peters]

Secondary references:

63569 B. Kröger, A. Desrochers, and A. Ernst. 2017. The reengineering of reef habitats during the great Ordovician biodiversification event. Palaios 32:584-599 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/W. Kiessling]