16 miles southwest of Peel Point, northwest Victoria Island: Eifelian, Canada
collected by E. T. Tozer 1959
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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Dechenella (Dechenella) retusa n. sp.
Ormiston 1967
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Northwest Territories |
| Coordinates: | 73.2° North, 115.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.9° South, 27.3° West |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Eifelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Eifelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 393.3 - 387.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Blue Fiord | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: PJW: Originally entered as Blue Fiord, but Givetian is too late; should be Bird Fiord | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | E. T. Tozer 1959 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 216594 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-12-20 17:35:59 | Last modified: | 2021-11-13 22:56:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-12-20 17:35:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7308. | A. R. Ormiston. 1967. Lower and Middle Devonian trilobites of the Canadian arctic islands. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 153:1-148 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] |