Where: Nunavut, Canada (53.2° N, 81.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 18.4° S, 92.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Attawapiskat Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. A. C. Gushulak. 2016. First Major Appearance of Brachiopod-Dominated Benthic Shelly Communities in the Reef Ecosystem during the Early Silurian. Western University [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184886: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.03.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Eomegastrophia sp. Cocks 1967 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Meifodia discoidalis" = Cerasina discoidalis
"Meifodia discoidalis" = Cerasina discoidalis Jin et al. 1993 | |
Septatrypa varians Poulsen 1943 | |
Merista rhombiformis Jin et al. 1993 | |
Whitfieldella pygmaea Jin et al. 1993 | |
Pentameroides septentrionalis Whiteaves 1904 | |
Erilevigatella euthylomata Jin 2005 | |
Clorinda tumidula Billings 1866 | |
Hesperorthis davidsoni de Verneuil 1845 | |
Lingulata | |