MPS42C. Martin Point South (Ordovician of Canada)

Also known as Was: Cow Head tremadoc graptolites, West Newfoundland

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (50.1° N, 57.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 3.5° N, 82.3° 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: lithified, nodular limestone

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 204411: 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, Kiaerograptus bulmani, Aorograptus victoriae, Rhabdinopora sp., Paratemnograptus isolatus, Adelograptus altus n. sp., Adelograptus "sp. A", Adelograptus filiformis, Adelograptus antiquus, Adelograptus cf. tenellus
Kiaerograptus bulmani Thomas 1973 graptolite
Aorograptus victoriae Hall 1899 graptolite
Rhabdinopora sp. Eichwald 1860 graptolite
Adelograptus altus n. sp. graptolite
Adelograptus "sp. A" Bulman 1941 graptolite
Adelograptus antiquus Hall 1899 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