Also known as Reef 1817

Where: Quebec, Canada (45.7° N, 73.6° W: paleocoordinates 27.2° S, 54.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Valcour Formation, Chazyan (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Pitcher. 1964. Evolution of Chazyan (Ordovician) reefs of eastern United States and Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 12(3):632-691 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 80831: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.05.2008

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