Weston, near Toronto, Lorraine Fm. (Ordovician of Canada)
Where: Ontario, Canada (43.7° N, 79.5° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 53.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Lorraine Formation, Maysvillian (450.2 - 449.6 Ma)
• "Pholadomorpha zone = Lorraine Fm", in Foerste (1924)
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138(121):1-99 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 173249: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Susan Scholze on 14.09.2015
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Taxonomic list
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Trilobita | |
Calymene sp. Brongniart 1822 trilobite | |
Strophomenata | |
Plectambonites sericeus Sowerby 1839 | |
"Strophomena fluctuosa" = Nasutimena fluctuosa
"Strophomena fluctuosa" = Nasutimena fluctuosa Billings 1860 | |
Rafinesquina mucronata Foerste 1914
Rafinesquina alternata Conrad 1838 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Catazyga headi Billings 1862 | |
Gastropoda | |
Clathrospira subconica Hall 1847 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Clidophorus planulatus Conrad 1847 pointed nut clam | |
Byssonychia radiata Hall 1847 clam | |
Lyrodesma poststriatum Emmons 1842 clam | |
Orthodesma nasutum Hall 1847 clam
Pholadomorpha pholadiformis Hall 1851 clam | |
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Tergomya | |
Cyrtolites ornatus Conrad 1838 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Sactoceras westonense Foerste 1924 |