MacDonald River Section Unit 07 084-134 ft (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (49.7° N, 63.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 19.6° S, 93.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hercochitina normalis other zone, Easton Member (Vauréal Formation), Richmondian (449.6 - 445.5 Ma)

• Given as English Head Zone 4.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: nodular, blue, calcareous shale and blue limestone

• Nodular, calcareous, blue shale with several groups of 2 to 6-inch beds of hard, blue limestone at distances of 15 to 25 feet apart, the limestone layers being separated by beds of blue shale of about equal thickness

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: W. H. Twenhofel. 1928. Geology of Anticosti Island. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 154(2132):1-351 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 174027: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 23.10.2015

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra, Catazyga anticostiensis
"Zygospira recurvirostris" = Anazyga recurvirostra Hall 1847
Zygospira recurvirostris aequivalvis
Catazyga anticostiensis Billings 1862
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
"Dinorthis carletona" = Dinorthis (Pionorthis) carletona
"Dinorthis carletona" = Dinorthis (Pionorthis) carletona Twenhofel 1928
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Dalmanella meeki" = Cincinnetina meeki
"Dalmanella meeki" = Cincinnetina meeki Miller 1875
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Plectambonites sericeus
Plectambonites sericeus Sowerby 1839
/Plectambonites sericeus glaber
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
"Strophomena planocorrugata" = Rugomena planocorrugata
"Strophomena planocorrugata" = Rugomena planocorrugata Twenhofel 1928
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
"? Leptaena gracilis" = Megamyonia gracilis, "? Leptaena nitens" = Megamyonia nitens
"? Leptaena gracilis" = Megamyonia gracilis Twenhofel 1928
"? Leptaena nitens" = Megamyonia nitens Billings 1860
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Ptilodictya flagella
Ptilodictya flagella Nicholson 1875
 Cryptostomata - Arthrostylidae
Sceptropora facula
Sceptropora facula Ulrich 1888
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Costatulitidae
"Cornulites richmondensis" = Costatulites richmondensis
"Cornulites richmondensis" = Costatulites richmondensis Miller 1874
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Liospira americana
Liospira americana Billings 1860 snail
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae
Whitella sigmoidea
Whitella sigmoidea Billings 1858 clam
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Ceraurinus icarus
Ceraurinus icarus Billings 1860 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Calymene meeki" = Flexicalymene meeki
"Calymene meeki" = Flexicalymene meeki Foerste 1910 trilobite