Cabano Fm, Late Llandovery, N. Appalachians, 59-605-Patzkowsky (Silurian of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (47.9° N, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 22.6° S, 38.9° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cabano Formation (Quebec Group), Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• Quotation from text: ""Brachiopod zonation, as presently understood, requires that this fauna be no older than C1 to C2 of the upper Llandovery""

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, pebbly mudstone and lithified shale

• shale-mudstone facies, a few (less than 6) pebbly mudstone beds, no thicker than 3 ft., are found within the uppermost 500 ft [of the formation].

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. G. Ayrton, W.B.N. Berry, A.J. Boucot, J. Lajoie, P.J. Lesperance, L. Pavlides, and W.B. Skidmore. 1969. Lower Llandovery of the Northern Appalachians and Adjacent Regions. Geological Society of America Bulletin 80:459-484 [M. Patzkowsky/Z. Krug]more details

PaleoDB collection 11322: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 10.08.2001

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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? Reserella sp., "Stricklandia lens" cf. typica-progressa, Clorinidia indet., ? Dolerorthida indet., Isorthida indet., Strophonellida indet.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida -
Pentamerida indet.
Pentamerida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Pentamerida - Stricklandiidae
Stricklandia sp.
Stricklandia sp. Billings 1859
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentamerus sp.
Pentamerus sp. Sowerby 1813
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Meifodia sp.
 Atrypida -
Protatrypa sp.
Protatrypa sp. Boucot et al. 1964
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
"Cryptothyrella sp." = Hindella
"Cryptothyrella sp." = Hindella Davidson 1882
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis sp.
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
? Onniella sp.
? Onniella sp. Bancroft 1928
 Rhipidomellida -
"Rhipidomellida indet." = Orthida
"Rhipidomellida indet." = Orthida Schuchert and Cooper 1932
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp.
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leangella sp.
Leangella sp. Opik 1933
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Plectodonta sp.
Plectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Odontopleura sp.
Odontopleura sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Denckmannites sp.
Denckmannites sp. Wedekind 1911 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus sp.
Encrinurus sp. Emmrich 1844 trilobite
unclassified
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Cnidaria indet.
Cnidaria indet. Hatschek 1888
"corals"