Eurypterid-associated biota, Stonehouse Fmn., Arisaig (Silurian of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.6° N, 62.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° S, 25.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Stonehouse Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; siltstone and shale

• "Environment: Marine; probably BA 2 as judged from the overall composition of the Stonehouse Formation brachiopod communities..."

•SEP environmental call based on given information

• "Siltstone, shale, shell coquina lenses."

Primary reference: R. E. Plotnick. 1999. Habitat of Llandoverian-Lochkovian eurypterids. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities - a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 106-136 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14200: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Not all higher taxa listed to genus level.
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Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Beyrichia sp.
Beyrichia sp. M'Coy 1846 ostracod
Eurypterida
 Eurypterida -
Eurypterida indet.
Eurypterida indet. Burmeister 1843 eurypterid
fragments
Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet.
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Lophophorata -
Tentaculitida indet.
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
linguloid
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp.
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Rhynchospirina sp.
Rhynchospirina sp. Schuchert and LeVene 1929
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
genus name in quotes
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris (Quadrifarius) sp., Howellella sp.
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Isorthis sp.
Isorthis sp. Kozlowski 1929
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina sp.
Salopina sp. Boucot 1960
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes sp.
Protochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Mclearnites sp.
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Shaleriidae
Shaleria sp.
Shaleria sp. Caster 1939
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily