Cape Norman. Zone G: Jeffersonian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Straparollinidae
Straparollina pelagica Billings 1865
Billings 1865
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Murchisonia adelina Billings 1865
Billings 1865
recombined as Ectomaria adelina
Gastropoda - Sinuopeidae
Pleurotomaria etna n. sp. Billings 1865
Billings 1865
recombined as Euconia etna
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
Helicotoma tritonia Billings 1865
Billings 1865
Helicotoma proserpina Billings 1865
Billings 1865
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Pleurotomaria numeria Billings 1865
Billings 1865
recombined as Ceratopea numeria
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurea oceana Billings 1865
Billings 1865
recombined as Maclurites oceana
? Teiichispira sylpha (Billings 1865)
Yochelson and Jones 1968
recombined as Maclurites sylpha
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Litoceras calciferum (Billings 1865)
original and current combination Nautilus calciferus
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Newfoundland and Labrador
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 57.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.7° South, 49.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Early/Lower Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 1-2
Key time interval:Jeffersonian
Age range of interval:485.40000 - 470.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:St. George Formation:Boat Harbour
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Logan's F and G; PJW: This should be Boat Harbor formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,original aragonite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Metadata
Database number:100029
Authorizer:B. Kröger, P. Wagner Enterer:B. Kröger, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-11-27 12:56:24 Last modified:2024-02-02 22:38:50
Access level:the public Released:2010-11-27 12:56:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30180. E. O. Ulrich, A. F. Foerste, A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1942. Ozarkian and Canadian cephalopods, Part I: Nautilicones. Geological Society of America Special Papers 37:1-157 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger/B. Kröger]

Secondary references:

11492 E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
11513 E. L. Yochelson and C.R. Jones. 1968. Teiichispira, a new early Ordovician gastropod genus. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 613(B):1-15 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]