GP40. Green Point: Migneintian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Anisograptidae
Kiaerograptus undulatus n. sp.
Kiaerograptus bulmani (Thomas 1973)
Aorograptus victoriae (Hall 1899)
Paratemnograptus isolatus
Adelograptus informal sp. A
Adelograptus antiquus (Hall 1899)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Newfoundland and Labrador
Coordinates: 49.7° North, 58.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.2° North, 82.6° West (Wright 2013)
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Early Ordovician
Stage: Tremadocian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 1
Key time interval: Migneintian Graptolite zone:  Aorograptus victoriae
Age range of interval: 480.8 - 477.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Cow Head Formation:Green Point Member:Broom Point
Local section:Green Point Local bed:40
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Secondary lithology: conglomerate
Environment:submarine fan
Geology comments: Conglomeratic turbidites; slope setting
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Graptolite systematics
Metadata
Database number:204410
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-09-07 22:20:44 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-09-07 22:20:44
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
157. 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]