Where: Quebec, Canada (48.1° N, 66.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° S, 13.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gaspé Sandstone Group, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gaspé Sandstone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Lower Devonian in text; presumably Emsian, as with other Gaspé Sandstone collections from this area. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with the formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Redpath Museum, McGill University, Quebec.
Primary reference: B. G. Gardiner. 1966. Catalogue of Canadian fossil fishes. Life Sciences Contribution of the Royal Ontario Museum 68:1-154 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 161376: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Petromyzontida | |
Cephalaspis dawsoni n. sp.
Cephalaspis dawsoni n. sp. Lankester 1870 |