Boulder White Rocks, Bear Cove (Cambrian of Canada)

Where: Newfoundland, Canada (49.8° N, 56.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° S, 59.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Franconian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

• "The islands are formed by a band of conglomerate of white limestone boulders, nearly all of which are flattish, subrounded, and ranging in size from 6 inches to about 3 feet. Boulder of granular limestone in conglomerate,"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. H. Kindle and H. B. Whittington. 1965. New Cambrian and Ordovician fossil localities in western Newfoundland. Geological Society America Bulletin 76:683-688 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197982: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 05.12.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae
Cheilocephalus sp., Oligometopus sp.
Cheilocephalus sp. Berkey 1898 trilobite
Oligometopus sp. Resser 1936 trilobite
 Olenida - Parabolinoididae
"Parabolinoides sp." = Orygmaspis (Parabolinoides)
"Parabolinoides sp." = Orygmaspis (Parabolinoides) Frederickson 1949 trilobite
 Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Pterocephalia sp.
Pterocephalia sp. Roemer 1849 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Buttsia sp.
Buttsia sp. Wilson 1951 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Elviniidae
Dunderbergia sp.
Dunderbergia sp. Walcott 1924 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Bathyholcus sp.
Bathyholcus sp. Rasetti 1961 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Pseudagnostus cf. prolongus
Pseudagnostus cf. prolongus Hall and Whitfield 1877