White Head Formation, The Amphitheater, Perce, Quebec (Ordovician to of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (48.5° N, 64.2° W: paleocoordinates 25.3° S, 41.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: White Head Formation, Edenian to Edenian (451.0 - 443.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, sandy limestone

• Gray sandy limestones.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper and C.H. Kindle. 1936. New brachiopods and trilobites from the Ordovician of Perce, Quebec. Journal of Paleontology 10(5):348-372 [S. Holland/S. Holland/S. Holland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37793: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 24.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
"Mesograptus sp." = Diplograptus
"Mesograptus sp." = Diplograptus graptolite
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Cliftonia platystrophoides
Cliftonia platystrophoides
Cliftonia (Oxoplecia) platystrophoides
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia costatula
Fardenia costatula Cooper and Kindle 1936
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp.
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Strophomena n. sp.
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina percensis, Leptaena sp.
Rafinesquina percensis Cooper and Kindle 1936
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Liostrophia glabra
Liostrophia glabra Cooper and Kindle 1936
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
"Plectatrypa gaspeensis" = Spirigerina (Eospirigerina) gaspeensis
"Plectatrypa gaspeensis" = Spirigerina (Eospirigerina) gaspeensis Schuchert and Cooper 1930
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Catazyga cartieri
Catazyga cartieri Cooper and Kindle 1936
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides impressus
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis magna
Plectorthis magna Cooper and Kindle 1936
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Calymene consimilis" = Diacalymene consimilis
"Calymene consimilis" = Diacalymene consimilis Schuchert and Cooper 1930 trilobite