Ruisseau de la Pointe-de-l'Anse-à-la-Gazelle, Langlade (Cambrian of Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

Where: Saint Pierre and Miquelon (46.9° N, 56.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 66.6° S, 125.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chapel Island Formation, Tommotian (525.5 - 521.0 Ma)

• Member b, about 5 m from the base of the member. Characteristic of the lower part of the Aldanella attleborensis zone (Watsonella crosbyi zone sensu Landing, 1989).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary, green siltstone

• Green siltstone with calcareous nodules

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Institute de Géologie de l'Université de Rennes-I (IGR)

Primary reference: D. Rabu, J. J. Chauvel, M. P. Dabard, T. P. Fletcher, and G. L. Pillola. 1993. Présence de Tommotien (Cambrien inférieur) à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie Sciences Paris, Série II 317:379-386 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209143: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.04.2020

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Taxonomic list

Helcionelloida
 Pelagiellida - Aldanellidae
Aldanella sp. Vostokova 1962
Aldanella attleborensis Shaler and Foerste 1888
  - Stenothecidae
Watsonella crosbyi Grabau 1900
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida -
Hyolithida indet. Mathew 1962
Orthothecimorpha
 Circothecida -