A1421 Chicotte Fm, Anticosti Island: Telychian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda rotunda (Lindström 1861)
15 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Quebec
Coordinates: 49.3° North, 63.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.6° South, 80.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Llandovery
Stage: Telychian 10 m.y. bin: Silurian 1
Key time interval: Telychian
Age range of interval: 438.5 - 433.4 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chicotte
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: upper reefal unit
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1855
Database number:184868
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-03-28 04:45:17 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2017-09-28 04:45:17
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
61979. C. A. C. Gushulak. 2016. First Major Appearance of Brachiopod-Dominated Benthic Shelly Communities in the Reef Ecosystem during the Early Silurian. Western University [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]