NeR locality, Fosters Point Formation, 48.0m above NeR Section - 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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Hypiotheca sp.
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Hyolithelminthida
- Torellellidae
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Torellella laevigata
(Linnarsson 1871)
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2 elements | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Caveacus rectus n. gen., n. sp.
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4 elements | |||||||||
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Coleoloides typicalis
Walcott 1890
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1 element | |||||||||
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Aculifera
- Halkieriidae
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Halkieria fordi
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17 elements | |||||||||
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Orthothecimorpha
- Circothecida
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Ladatheca cylindrica
(Grabau 1900)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
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Hyolithida
- Hyolithidae
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Hyolithes tenuistriatus
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Orthothecida
- Circothecidae
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Conotheca australiensis
Bengtson et al. 1990
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33 specimens | |||||||||
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Orthothecida
- Gracilithecidae
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Gracilitheca bayonet
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Orthothecida
- Allathecidae
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Allatheca degeeri
(Holm 1893)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Tommotiida
- Sunnaginiidae
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Sunnaginia imbricata
Rozanov et al. 1969
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35 elements | |||||||||
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Jaycea deltraformis n. gen., n. sp.
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30 elements | |||||||||
| Jayceia n. sp. deltraformis | ||||||||||
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Tommotiida
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Eccentrotheca kanesia
Landing et al. 1980
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98 elements | |||||||||
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Tommotiida
- Tommotiidae
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Camenella baltica
(Bengtson 1970)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Paterinata
- Paterinida
- Paterinidae
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Micromitra phillipsi
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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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: | Placentian Series |
| *International age/stage: | Tommotian - Atdabanian | ||
| Key time interval: | Atdabanian | Zone: | Camenella baltica |
| Age range of interval: | 521.00000 - 515.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fosters Point | ||||
| Local section: | Ner | Local bed: | 48.0 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: JA: Fosters Point Formation is Atdabanian, see p. 483 - 484 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified packstone |
| Lithology description: massive fossil packstones with eroded hardgrounds overlain by fossil grainstone lenses and mantled by fe-mn-impregnated cryptalgalaminate crusts. | |
| Environment: | peritidal |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Taxonomic list does not include cryptalgalaminate crusts. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 9386 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | P. Borkow |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-10-24 18:02:00 | Last modified: | 2007-03-01 19:54:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-10-24 18:02:00 |
| 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] |