Ner loc., Placentian Series, Fosters Point Fm, 48.1m above Ner Sect. base - Landing 1995: Atdabanian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Jayceia deltaformis n. sp.
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55 elements | ||||||
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Paterinata
- Paterinida
- Paterinidae
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Micromitra phillipsi
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45 specimens | ||||||
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Tommotiida
- Sunnaginiidae
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Sunnaginia imbricata
Rozanov et al. 1969
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89 elements | ||||||
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Tommotiida
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Eccentrotheca kanesia
Landing et al. 1980
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238 elements | ||||||
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Tommotiida
- Tommotiidae
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Camenella baltica
(Bengtson 1970)
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8 specimens | ||||||
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Orthothecimorpha
- Circothecida
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Ladatheca cylindrica
(Grabau 1900)
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Orthothecida
- Circothecidae
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Conotheca australiensis
Bengtson et al. 1990
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Hyolithida
- Hyolithidae
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Hyolithes tenuistriatus
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32 specimens | ||||||
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unclassified
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Caveacus rectus n. gen., n. sp.
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3 elements | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates: | 45.8° North, 60.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 76.8° South, 60.9° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| Stage: | Stage 3 | 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cambrian - Middle Cambrian | *Epoch: | Branchian Series |
| *International age/stage: | Atdabanian - Lenian | ||
| Key time interval: | Atdabanian | Zone: | Callavia broeggeri |
| Age range of interval: | 521.00000 - 515.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fosters Point | ||||
| Local section: | Ner | Local bed: | 48.1 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: JA: entered as Brigus Formation, but actually shown in figure as Fosters Point Formation, which is Atdabanian: see p. 483 - 484 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red or brown lithified mudstone |
| Lithology description: structureless red siliclastic mudstones with a thin lense (up to 2cm) of medium-grained quartz arenite at its base. | |
| Environment: | peritidal |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Stromatolites present but not included in the taxonomic list. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 9351 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | P. Borkow |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-10-22 13:42:14 | Last modified: | 2007-03-01 19:52:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-10-22 13:42:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 805. | 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] |