Cap-des-Rosiers. St. Albans Beds. Lower 70 feet. (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as Cape Rosier Cove

Where: Quebec, Canada (48.9° N, 64.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° S, 11.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gaspe Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• St. Albans Beds.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. M. Clarke. 1908. Early Devonic history of New York and eastern North America. Part 1. New York State Museum Memoirs 9(1):1-366 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233202: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 20.01.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Algae
 Algae -
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis shumardi" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis shumardi" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites cf. gaspensis tabulate coral
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia lata jellyfish
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Dictyonema splendens Billings 1874 graptolite
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
"Orthothetes (Schuchertella) woolworthanus" = Xystostrophia woolworthana
"Orthothetes (Schuchertella) woolworthanus" = Xystostrophia woolworthana Hall 1857
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta patersoni" = Strophomena (Strophodonta), "Stropheodonta rosieri" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Stropheodonta patersoni" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
Stropheodonta patersoni precedens
"Stropheodonta rosieri" = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Leptaena rhomboidalis
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Orthida - Orthidae
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
"Spirifer ? perlamellosus" = Megakozlowskiella perlamellosa
"Spirifer ? perlamellosus" = Megakozlowskiella perlamellosa Hall 1857
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
"Rhynchospira globosa" = Rhynchospirina, "Rhynchospira formosa" = Rhynchospirina
"Rhynchospira globosa" = Rhynchospirina
"Rhynchospira formosa" = Rhynchospirina
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Pholidops ovatus Hall 1859
Cephalopoda
 Oncocerida - Acleistoceratidae
"Cyrtoceras albani" = Acleistoceras albani
"Cyrtoceras albani" = Acleistoceras albani Clarke 1908
Polyplacophora
 Paleoloricata -
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae
"Pleurotomaria labrosa" = Phanerotrema labrosa
"Pleurotomaria labrosa" = Phanerotrema labrosa Hall 1859 snail
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia planulata Conrad 1842 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Palaeopinna flabellum Hall 1884 oyster
 Myalinida - Ambonychiidae
"Mytilarca nitida" = Cleionychia lamellosa
"Mytilarca nitida" = Cleionychia lamellosa Whitfield 1882 clam
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
"Bronteus barrandii" = Scutellum barrandii
"Bronteus barrandii" = Scutellum barrandii Hall 1859 trilobite
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Cordania cyclurus Hall and Clarke 1888 trilobite
 Ichnofossils -
Spirophyton sp. Hall 1863