Melville Peninsula, South of Igloolik Settlement, Bac Cache Rapids Formation: Wildernessian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chlorophyceae
- Receptaculitidae
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Receptaculites sp.
Defrance 1827
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Macluritidae
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Maclurites sp.
Le Sueur 1818
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Cephalopoda
- Ascocerida
- Probillingsitidae
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? Probillingsites sp.
Foerste 1928
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Cephalopoda
- Actinocerida
- Ormoceratidae
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? Deiroceras sp.
Hyatt 1884
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Sowerbyella sp.
Jones 1928
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotrematidae
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Rhynchotrema sp.
Hall 1860
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Glyptorthidae
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Glyptorthis sp.
Foerste 1914
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Illaenidae
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Illaenus lacertus
Whittington 1954
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Streptelasmatidae
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Grewingkia sp.
Dybowski 1873
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Northwest Territories | County: | District of Franklin |
| Coordinates: | 69.3° North, 81.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.5° South, 41.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4-5 | ||
| *Period: | Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician | *Local age/stage: | Wildernessian - Barneveldian |
| Key time interval: | Wildernessian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 457.00000 - 449.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bad Cache Rapids |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Fossils described by Bolton and Sanford. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 26937 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | T. Hanson |
| Modifier: | S. Holland | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-11-08 19:37:17 | Last modified: | 2004-10-22 13:09:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-11-08 19:37:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7446. | T. E. Bolton. 1977. Introduction. Geology of Ordovician rocks, Melville Peninsula and region, southeastern District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 269:1-5 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson] |