A0859. 7.9 kilometers east of Box River (Silurian of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (49.1° N, 62.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 34.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Goéland Member (Jupiter Formation), Aeronian (440.8 - 438.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, gray, blue limestone and lithified, gray, blue shale

• BA-3, BA-4
• blue-grey top yield weathering shales and micrites, contains rich giant Pentamerus fauna, with Joviatrypa brabyla, large domed stromatoporoids

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: P. Copper. 1995. Five new genera of Late Ordovician - Early Silurian brachiopods from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada. Journal of Paleontology 69(5):846-861 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 172949: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 03.09.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentamerus palaformis
Pentamerus palaformis Jin and Copper 2000
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Joviatrypa brabyla n. gen. n. sp.
Joviatrypa brabyla n. gen. n. sp. Copper 1995