Clearwater Point, Mingan Islands (Ordovician of Canada)
Where: Quebec, Canada (50.3° N, 64.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 0.4° N, 87.3° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Romaine Formation, Cassinian (483.4 - 471.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Primary reference: W. H. Twenhofel. 1938. Geology and paleontology of the Mingan Islands, Quebec. Geological Society of America Special Paper 11:1-123 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 56649: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
"Fusispira calcifera" = Subulites calciferus
"Fusispira calcifera" = Subulites calciferus Billings 1859 snail |