Long Point Peninsula (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Newfoundland, Canada (48.7° N, 58.9° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° S, 39.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lourdes Formation (Long Point Group), Caradoc (458.4 - 449.5 Ma)

• PJW: specimens appear to be in limestone, which suggests Lourdes formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. A. Fritz. 1966. Diplotrypa schucherti, a new bryozoan species from the Long Point Formation (Ordovician) Western Newfoundland. Journal of Paleontology 40(6):1335-1337 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166746: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 25.02.2015

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Halloporidae