Baie de Gaspe motel, North shore of Gaspe Bay (Devonian to of Canada)

Also known as Locality 5575 (McGregor 1973)

Where: Quebec, Canada (48.8° N, 64.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° S, 12.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Battery Point Formation (Gaspé Sandstone Group), Devonian to Devonian (419.2 - 387.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Granoff et al. (1976, p.120): Discussions of the stratigraphy and age of the sediments in this general part of the north shore of Gaspe Bay may be found in the works of McGregor (1967, 1973) and McGerrigle (1950).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. A. Granoff, P. G. Gensel, and H. N. Andrews. 1976. A new species of Pertica from the Devonian of eastern Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 155:119-128 [W. Stein/N. Smith/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23580: authorized by Bill Stein, entered by Nicole Smith on 17.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

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 Radiatopses -
Pertica varia