Where: Nunavut, Canada (53.2° N, 81.1° W: paleocoordinates 15.3° S, 43.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Attawapiskat Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)
• Uppermost Telychian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the GSC, ROM
• collected area: 4 m²
Primary reference: C. A. C. Gushulak. 2016. First Major Appearance of Brachiopod-Dominated Benthic Shelly Communities in the Reef Ecosystem during the Early Silurian. Western University [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184875: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Craniata | |
Strophomenata | |
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929 | |
Leangella sp. Opik 1933 | |
Eomegastrophia sp. Cocks 1967 | |
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Erilevigatella euthylomata Jin 2005
Gypidula akimiskiformis Jin 2005 | |
Clorinda tumidula Billings 1866 | |
Pentameroides septentrionalis Whiteaves 1904 | |
Howellella porcata Jin et al. 1993 | |
Meristina sp. Hall 1867 | |
Septatrypa varians Poulsen 1943 | |
Lissatrypa variabilis, "Meifodia discoidalis" = Cerasina discoidalis
"Meifodia discoidalis" = Cerasina discoidalis Jin et al. 1993 | |
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931 |