Cephalopods of Southwest Baffin Island (Ordovician to of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (63.0° N, 68.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 0.0° N, 91.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Ordovician to Middle Ordovician (470.0 - 443.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Environmental call by T. Hanson.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. K. Miller, W. Youngquist, and C. Collinson. 1954. Ordovician cephalopod fauna of Baffin Island. Geological Society of America Memoir 62:1-234 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24125: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 31.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Spyroceras sp.
Spyroceras sp. Hyatt 1884
 Discosorida - Westonoceratidae
Westonoceras sp.
Westonoceras sp. Foerste 1924
 Discosorida - Cyrtogomphoceratidae
Cyrtogomphoceras sp.
Cyrtogomphoceras sp. Foerste 1924
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
Endoceras sp.
Endoceras sp. Hall 1847
 Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae
? Leurorthoceras sp., ? Actinoceras sp.
? Leurorthoceras sp. Foerste 1921
? Actinoceras sp. Bronn 1837
 Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae
? Ormoceras sp.
? Ormoceras sp. Stokes 1840
 Actinocerida - Gonioceratidae
Lambeoceras sp.
Lambeoceras sp. Foerste 1917
 Orthocerida - Tripteroceratidae
? Tripteroceras sp.
 Orthocerida -
Cycloceras sp.
Cycloceras sp. M'Coy 1844
 Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae
Ephippiorthoceras sp.
Ephippiorthoceras sp. Foerste 1924