Shores of Lake Waswanipi (Ordovician of Canada)

Also known as PS200. West bank of Sullivan River

Where: Quebec, Canada (49.5° N, 76.5° W: paleocoordinates 20.6° S, 47.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Orthograptus spiniferus - Climacograptus pygmaeus graptolite zone, Lake Waswanipi Limestone Formation, Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)

• Middle Orthograptus spiniferus - Climacograptus pygmaeus zones

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: T. H. Clark and D. A. W. Blake. 1952. Ordovician fossils from Waswanipi Lake, Quebec. Canadian Field Naturalist 66:119-121 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185487: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 24.04.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Triptoceras sp.
Crinoidea
 Disparida - Heterocrinidae
? Heterocrinus sp.
? Heterocrinus sp. Hall 1872 Sea lily
 Rhombifera - Pleurocystitidae
"Pleurocystis sp." = Pleurocystites
"Pleurocystis sp." = Pleurocystites
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus typicalis2
Climacograptus typicalis2 Hall 1865 climacograptid
Climacograptus typicalis typicalis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena incurvata
Strophomena incurvata Shephard 1838
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina cf. trentonensis, Rafinesquina alternata
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Dalmanella sp.
Dalmanella sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia cf. extensa
Cephalopoda
 Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
Actinoceras sp.
Actinoceras sp. Bronn 1837
 Actinocerida - Gonioceratidae
Lambeoceras sp.
Lambeoceras sp. Foerste 1917
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma minnesotensis1
Hormotoma minnesotensis1 Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Hormotoma major" = Lophospira major
"Hormotoma major" = Lophospira major Hall 1852 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira angustata
Liospira angustata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
"Maclurites crassus" = Maclurites crassa, "Maclurina cuneata" = Maclurites cuneata, Maclurina manitobensis
"Maclurites crassus" = Maclurites crassa Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
"Maclurina cuneata" = Maclurites cuneata Whitfield 1878 snail
Maclurina manitobensis Whiteaves 1890 snail
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma corniculum
Streptelasma corniculum Hall 1847 horn coral
?S. rusticum Billings
 Heliolitida - Plasmoporidae
Plasmopora lambi
Plasmopora lambi tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
"Halysites gracilis" = Catenipora gracilis
"Halysites gracilis" = Catenipora gracilis Hall in Foster and Whitney 1851 tabulate coral
Chlorophyceae
  - Receptaculitidae
"Receptaculites oweni" = Fisherites reticulatus
"Receptaculites oweni" = Fisherites reticulatus Owen 1844
1Wagner 2023; 2Walters et al. 1976