McK locality: Tommotian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Hyolithelminthida
- Torellellidae
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Torellella laevigata
(Linnarsson 1871)
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4 elements | |||||||||
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Paterinata
- Paterinida
- Paterinidae
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Micromitra phillipsi
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Tommotiida
- Sunnaginiidae
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Sunnaginia imbricata
Rozanov et al. 1969
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14 elements | |||||||||
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Tommotiida
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Eccentrotheca kanesia
Landing et al. 1980
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34 elements | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Coleoloides typiculis
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19 elements | |||||||||
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Caveacus rectus n. gen., n. sp.
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11 elements | |||||||||
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Fomitchella infundabiliformis
Rozanov et al. 1969
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1 element | |||||||||
| listed in table as "Fomichella" | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates: | 45.8° North, 60.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 79.4° South, 58.0° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Terreneuvian |
| Stage: | Stage 2 | 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cambrian - Middle Cambrian | *Epoch: | Placentian Series |
| Key time interval: | Tommotian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 525.50000 - 521.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: gently dipping (30 degrees north) slightly hornsfelsed xenolith dominated by purplish-red, siliclastic mudstone. silicified calcareous nodules with bidirectional cross-beds and planar laminations found in mudstone. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | McK locality, Cuslett Formation, 1.3m above base of McK Sect. - Landing 1995 | ||
| Database number: | 9388 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | P. Borkow |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-10-24 18:31:46 | Last modified: | 2018-07-02 13:24:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-10-24 18:31:46 |
| 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] |