Broom Point North BPN 240 (Cambrian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 2741

Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (49.8° N, 57.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 6.7° N, 85.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tuckers Cove Member (Shallow Bay Formation), Sunwaptan (493.5 - 487.5 Ma)

• unit 54, sample BPN 240, Serotina interval, Plethopeltid-catillicephalid biofacies

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; lithified limestone

• boulders derived from shelf-margin algal buildups

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Ludvigsen, S. R. Westrop, and C. H. Kindle. 1989. Sunwaptan (Upper Cambrian) trilobites of the Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 6:1-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81269: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
"Litagnostus planulatus" = Pseudagnostus planulatus
"Litagnostus planulatus" = Pseudagnostus planulatus Raymond 1924
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Trilobita
 Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Bellaspidella logani n. sp. Ludvigsen et al. 1989 trilobite
 Olenida - Loganellidae
 Olenida - Olenidae
Bienvillia corax Billings 1865 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Illaenuridae
 Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Apatokephaloides pauper Billings 1865 trilobite
 Asaphida - Ptychaspididae
 Ptychopariida - Raymondinidae
 Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
"Loganellus logani" = Ptychoparia logani
"Loganellus logani" = Ptychoparia logani Devine 1863 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Norwoodiidae
Paranorwoodia gamma n. sp. trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Peracheilus spinosus Rasetti 1945 trilobite
Acheilus levisensis Clark 1924 trilobite
Onchonotus convexus Rasetti 1944 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
? Leiocoryphe cf. occipitalis Rasetti 1944 trilobite
Leiocoryphe gemma Clark 1924 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Zacompsus orientalis n. sp. trilobite
 Harpetida - Heterocaryonidae
Heterocaryon tuberculatum Rasetti 1944 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpididae