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)
• 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: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184895: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Pentameroides septentrionalis Whiteaves 1904 | |
Clorinda tumidula Billings 1866
Clorinda rotunda Lindström 1861 | |
Erilevigatella euthylomata Jin 2005
Gypidula akimiskiformis Jin 2005 | |
Plectatrypa sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1930 | |
Septatrypa varians Poulsen 1943 | |
Meristina sp. Hall 1867 | |
Merista rhombiformis Jin et al. 1993 | |
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931 | |
Strophomenata | |
Eomegastrophia sp. Cocks 1967 | |
Pentlandina sp. Bancroft 1949 | |
"Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum
"Leangella segmentum" = Leangella (Leangella) segmentum Lindstrom 1861 | |
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929 |