Route 463 roadside outcrops and from the limestone barrens overlooking the road.: Cassinian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Bathyuridae
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Petigurus informal Boyce 1989 sp. nov. A.
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Petigurus nero
(Billings 1865)
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Jeffersonia sp.
Poulson 1927
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Jeffersonia angustimarginata
Boyce 1989
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| synonym of Jeffersonia jenni | ||||||||||
| Boyce 1989 | ||||||||||
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Jeffersonia timon
(Billings 1865)
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Bolbocephalus convexus
(Billings 1865)
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? Benthamaspis sp.
Poulsen 1946
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Strigigenalis caudata
(Billings 1865)
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Dimeropygidae
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Ischyrotoma anataphra
Fortey 1979
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| Fortey 1979; misspelled “Ischryotoma” | ||||||||||
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Rostroconchia
- Conocardiida
- Eopteriidae
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Euchasma blumenbachii
(Billings 1859)
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| recombined as Euchasma blumenbachi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Raphistomatidae
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Pleurotomaria normani
Billings 1865
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| synonym of Ceratopea canadensis | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria numeria
Billings 1865
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| recombined as Ceratopea numeria | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Macluritidae
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Maclurites oceanus
(Billings 1865)
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| recombined as Maclurites oceana | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Bisonocerida
- Piloceratidae
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Cassinoceras wortheni
(Billings 1865)
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| Piloceras wortheni | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ellesmerocerida
- Protocycloceratidae
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Protocycloceras lamarcki
(Billings 1859)
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Cephalopoda
- Tarphycerida
- Tarphyceratidae
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Centrotarphyceras informal sp. indet.
Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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Demospongiae
- Anthaspidellidae
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Archaeoscyphia ? minganensis
(Billings 1859)
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Radiocyatha
- Soanitidae
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? Calathium sp.
Billings 1865
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Coordinates: | 48.6° North, 59.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.1° South, 49.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Early/Lower Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 1-2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Cassinian | Trilobite zone: | Strigigenalis caudata |
| Age range of interval: | 482.00000 - 470.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | St. George | Formation: | Catoche |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | GSC |
| Taxonomic list comments:Composite for several beds. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Composite of 98F068-075, 98F012 | ||
| Database number: | 69196 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-02-20 20:43:06 | Last modified: | 2012-10-28 01:16:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-20 20:43:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15772. | W. D. Boyce, I. Knight, D.M. Rohr, S.H. Williams, and E.A. Measures. 2000. The upper St. George Group, western Port au Port Penensula: lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, depositional environments and regional implications. Current Research (2000) Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Geological Survey, Report 2000(1):101-105 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |