Where: Nunavut, Canada (53.2° N, 81.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 18.4° S, 92.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Attawapiskat Formation, Telychian (438.6 - 432.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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 184881: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Septatrypa varians Poulsen 1943 | |
Erilevigatella euthylomata Jin 2005
Gypidula akimiskiformis Jin 2005 | |
Pentameroides septentrionalis Whiteaves 1904 | |
Clorinda tumidula Billings 1866 | |
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931 | |
Merista rhombiformis Jin et al. 1993 | |
Meristina sp. Hall 1867
Whitfieldella sulcatina Jin et al. 1993 | |
Howellella porcata Jin et al. 1993 | |
Strophomenata | |
Eoplectodonta hudsonensis Jin et al. 1993 |