GP38. Green Point (Ordovician of Canada)

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

• Paleocoordinates: 3.2° N, 82.6° W (Wright 2013)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Aorograptus victoriae graptolite zone, Broom Point Member (Green Point Formation), Migneintian (485.4 - 478.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: submarine fan; lithified shale and conglomerate

• Conglomeratic turbidites; slope setting

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. H. Williams and K. K. Stevens. 1991. Late Tremadoc graptolites from western Newfoundland. Palaeontology 34(1):1-47 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204409: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 07.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

• Graptolite systematics
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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae
Kiaerograptus pritchardi, Kiaerograptus cf. taylori, Kiaerograptus undulatus, Kiaerograptus magnus n. sp., Kiaerograptus bulmani, Aorograptus victoriae, Paratemnograptus isolatus, Adelograptus filiformis n. sp., Adelograptus cf. tenellus
Kiaerograptus magnus n. sp. graptolite
Kiaerograptus bulmani Thomas 1973 graptolite
Aorograptus victoriae Hall 1899 graptolite
Adelograptus filiformis n. sp. graptolite
Adelograptus cf. tenellus Linnarsson 1871 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Dichograptidae
? Clonograptus "sp. A", ? Clonograptus "sp. B", ? Clonograptus "sp. C"
? Clonograptus "sp. A" Nicholson 1873 graptolite
? Clonograptus "sp. B" Nicholson 1873 graptolite
? Clonograptus "sp. C" Nicholson 1873 graptolite