Green Point Section. Bed 20 (Cambrian of Canada)

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (49.7° N, 58.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 6.8° N, 86.6° W (Wright 2013)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cordylodus caboti conodont zone, Martin Point Member (Green Point Formation), Trempealeauan (492.5 - 485.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous mudstone

• SHALE - green, with a 2 cm thick bed of lime mudstone at 0. 7 m and several lenses of mudstone just above 0.7 m.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. A. Cooper, G. S. Nowlan, and S. H. Williams. 2001. Global Stratotype Section and Point for base of the Ordovician System. Episodes 24(1):19-28 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203837: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 25.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Proconodontida - Cordylodontidae
Cordylodus caboti, Cordylodus deflexus