96R-3, Table Point: Whiterockian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Rossospira harrisae Rohr 1994
recombined as Ecculiomphalus harrisae
Malayaspira speciosa (Billings 1865)
Malayaspira rugosa Kobayashi 1958
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Helicotoma gubanovi Rohr 1994
recombined as Raphistoma gubanovi
Scalites angulatus Emmons 1842
Rohr et al. 2004
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Monitorella crenulata (Billings 1865)
recombined as Palliseria crenulata
(2 measurements)
Maclurites emmonsi (Billings 1865)
recombined as Teiichispira emmonsi
(1 measurement)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Straparollinidae
Straparollina pelagica Billings 1865
Rohr et al. 2004
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Hormotoma augustina (Billings 1865)
Rohr et al. 2004
synonym of Eroicaspira simulatrix
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sororcula (Billings 1865)
Rohr et al. 2004
synonym of Lophospira perangulata
Donaldiella cicelia (Billings 1865)
Rohr et al. 2004
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Cataschisma typica (Branson 1909)
Rohr et al. 2004
original and current combination Cataschisma typa
Tergomya - Archinacellida - Archinacellidae
Archinacella instabilis (Billings 1865)
Rohr et al. 2008
(10 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Newfoundland and Labrador
Coordinates: 50.4° North, 57.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.5° South, 42.6° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 2-4
*Period:Middle Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Arenig
*Local age/stage:Late/Upper Whiterockian
Key time interval:Whiterockian Conodont zone: Histiodella tableheadensis
Age range of interval:470.00000 - 457.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Table Head Formation:Table Point Member:Spring Inlet
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Kanoshian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:current ripples,planar lamination,dolomitic lithified wackestone
Secondary lithology: lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: dolomitic wackestone to packstone, interbedded with laminated and cross-laminated dolomitic mudstone
Environment:peritidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Taxonomic list comments:Gastropods only.
Metadata
Also known as:96R-003
Database number:10279
Authorizer:S. Holland, P. Wagner Enterer:S. Holland, P. Wagner
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-03-28 08:06:07 Last modified:2012-10-28 01:16:56
Access level:the public Released:2001-03-28 08:06:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3818. D. M. Rohr and E.A. Measures. 2001. Middle Ordovician (Whiterockian) gastropods of western Newfoundland: Macluritoidea and Euomphaloidea. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):284-294 [S. Holland/S. Holland/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

42848 D. M. Rohr, W. D. Boyce, and E. A. Measures. 2008. The Middle Ordovician mollusk Archinacella from the Table Point Formation (Table Head Group), western Newfoundland. Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, Report 08(1):93-99 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
15126 D. M. Rohr, E.A. Measures, and W.D. Boyce. 2004. Middle Ordovician (Whiterockian) gastropods from the Table Point formation, western Newfoundland. Current Research (2004) Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Geological Survey 2004(1):225-234 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]