BHI-2 at 28.5 m: Silurian, Canada
collected 1994
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Kannathalepididae
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Kannathalepis milleri n. sp.
Marss and Gagnier 2001
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nunavut | County: | Baillie-Hamilton Island |
| Coordinates: | 75.8° North, 92.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.7° North, 31.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Silurian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1-2 |
| Key time interval: | Silurian |
| Age range of interval: | 443.80000 - 419.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cape Phillips |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lime mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | planar lamination mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | few |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Collection size: | 62 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1994 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: University of Alberta, Laboratory of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Edmonton, Canada (UALVP) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 135991 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Peters | Enterer: | S. McMullen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-14 02:58:31 | Last modified: | 2017-05-18 17:03:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-14 02:58:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43492. | T. Marss and P. Y. Gagnier. 2001. A new chondrichthyan from the Wenlock, Lower Silurian, of Baillie-Hamilton Island, the Canadian Arctic. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(4):693-701 [S. Peters/S. McMullen] |