Ner loc., Fosters Point Fm, 47.7m above Ner Sect. base - Landing 1995 (Cambrian of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (45.8° N, 60.3° W: paleocoordinates 76.8° S, 60.9° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Camenella baltica zone, Fosters Point Formation, Atdabanian (520.0 - 516.0 Ma)

• JA: Fosters Point Formation is Atdabanian, see p. 483 - 484

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• limestone bed

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: E. Landing. 1995. Upper Placentian-Branchian series of mainland Nova Scotia (middle-upper Lower Cambrian) faunas, paleoenvironments, and stratigraphic revision. Journal of Paleontology 69(3):475-495 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9385: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 24.10.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scyphozoa
 Anabaritida - Anabaritidae
"Anabaritellus tricarinatus" = Selindeochrea tricarinata
"Anabaritellus tricarinatus" = Selindeochrea tricarinata Rozanov et al. 1969 jellyfish
Coleoloides typicalis
  -
Coleoloides typicalis Walcott 1890
Caveacus
  -
Caveacus rectus n. gen. n. sp.
Caveacus rectus n. gen. n. sp.
Aculifera
  - Halkieriidae
Paterinata
 Paterinida - Paterinidae
Brachiopoda
  -
 Mitrosagophora - Tommotiidae
Camenella baltica Bengtson 1970
 Tommotiida - Sunnaginiidae
Sunnaginia imbricata Rozanov et al. 1969
Hyolitha
 Orthothecida - Allathecidae
 Orthothecida -
"? Actinotheca sp." = Cupitheca
"? Actinotheca sp." = Cupitheca Duan 1984
 Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Conotheca australiensis Bengtson et al. 1990
Protoconodonta
  -
Protohertzina ? anabarica Missarzhevsky 1973
Conodonta
 Paraconodontida - Furnishinidae
Life
 Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae
Torellella laevigata Linnarsson 1871