AK 5b, Akimiski Island, James Bay (Silurian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 3542

Where: Nunavut, Canada (53.2° N, 81.1° W: paleocoordinates 15.4° S, 43.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Attawapiskat Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified packstone

• inter-reef packstone bed

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: collected area: 0.25 m²

Primary reference: J. Jin. 2003. The Early Silurian brachiopod Eocoelia from the Hudson Bay Basin, Canada. Palaeontology 46(5):885-902 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77339: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Eocoelia akimiskii n. sp. Jin 2003
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus sp. Foerste 1909
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Eomegastrophia sp. Cocks 1967