Also known as Birch Island
Where: Manitoba, Canada (52.1° N, 97.4° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° S, 57.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cat Head Member (Red River Formation), Maysvillian (450.2 - 449.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite and lithified chert
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: S. P. Robson and G. A. Young. 2013. Late Ordovician conulariids from Manitoba, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 87(5):775-785 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 174050: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.10.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
"Asaphus (Isotelus) susae" = Isotelus susae, "Asaphus (Isotelus) gigas" = Asaphus gigas
"Asaphus (Isotelus) susae" = Isotelus susae Whitfield 1882 trilobite
"Asaphus (Isotelus) gigas" = Asaphus gigas Dekay 1824 trilobite | |
"Bronteus lunatus" = Scutellum
"Bronteus lunatus" = Scutellum trilobite | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Cyrtoceras ? manitobense" = Westonoceras manitobense
"Cyrtoceras ? manitobense" = Westonoceras manitobense Whiteaves 1890 | |
Gastropoda | |
"? Pleurotomaria margaritoides n. sp." = Cyclonema margaritoides
"? Pleurotomaria margaritoides n. sp." = Cyclonema margaritoides Whiteaves 1897 snail | |
Tetranota bidorsata Hall 1847 snail | |
Liospira angustata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Liospira americana Billings 1860 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
? Clinopistha antiqua n. sp.
? Clinopistha antiqua n. sp. Awning Clam | |
Palaeopteria parvula n. sp.
Palaeopteria parvula n. sp. Whiteaves 1897 oyster | |
? Edmondia vetusta n. sp.
? Edmondia vetusta n. sp. Whiteaves 1897 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Orthis tricenaria" = Hesperorthis tricenaria
"Orthis tricenaria" = Hesperorthis tricenaria Conrad 1843 | |
"Zygospira recurvirostra" = Anazyga recurvirostra
"Zygospira recurvirostra" = Anazyga recurvirostra Hall 1847 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Leptaena unicostata" = Megamyonia unicostata
"Leptaena unicostata" = Megamyonia unicostata Meek and Worthen 1868 | |
Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838 | |
Strophomena incurvata Shephard 1838 | |
Lingulata | |
"Lingula elongata" = Glossina elongata
"Lingula elongata" = Glossina elongata Hall 1847 | |
Scyphozoa | |
Conularia asperata jellyfish
Conularia ? splendida Billings 1866 jellyfish | |
Hydrozoa | |