GSC coll. 36963 Daly River (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.3° N, 67.4° W: paleocoordinates 3.0° N, 30.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Ordovician (458.4 - 443.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Christie in 1958

Primary reference: R. L. Christie. 1964. Geological Reconnaissance of northeastern Ellesmere Island, District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 331:1-79 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 101981: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

• Identified by G. Winston Sinclair
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Stenolaemata
 Trepostomata - Trematoporidae
cf. Batostoma sp.
cf. Batostoma sp. Ulrich 1882
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Rhynchotrema sp., Lepidocyclus sp.
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
Lepidocyclus sp. Wang 1949
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
Parastrophina sp.
Parastrophina sp. Schuchert and LeVene 1929
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis sp.
Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Austinella sp.
Austinella sp. Foerste 1909
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta cf. nasuta
Ctenodonta cf. nasuta Hall 1847 clam
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira sp., Gyronema sp.
Lophospira sp. Whitfield 1886 snail
Gyronema sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema sp.
Trochonema sp. Salter 1859 snail
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Stromatoceriidae
Stromatocerium sp.
Stromatocerium sp. Hall 1847 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasma sp., Streptelasma aff. trilobatum, ? Bighornia sp.
Streptelasma sp. Hall 1847 horn coral
? Bighornia sp. horn coral
 Auloporida - Tetraporellidae
Labyrinthites sp.
Labyrinthites sp. Lambe 1906 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Coccoserididae
Protaraea sp.
Protaraea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora sp.
Catenipora sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Sarcinulida - Billingsariidae
Foerstephyllum sp.
Foerstephyllum sp. Bassler 1950 tabulate coral