Galiote reef, SW Point, Anticosti Isl., Canada: Telychian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon sp. Nicholson and Murie 1878
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Ecclimadictyon sp. Nestor 1964
rare category
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites favosus Goldfuss 1826
Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Subalveolites sp. Sokolov 1955
End reef builders
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801
platy
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptychophyllidae
Ptychophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Dinophyllum sp. Lindström 1882
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer radiatus (Sowerby 1834)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Stegerhynchus sp. (Foerste 1909)
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Ptilodictya sulcata Billings 1866
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae
Protokionoceras sp. Grabau and Shimer 1910
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Stenopareia sp. Holm 1886
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Eucalyptocrinitidae
Eucalyptocrinites sp. Goldfuss 1831
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
rare category
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Quebec
Coordinates: 49.4° North, 63.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.6° South, 80.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Llandovery
Stage: Telychian 10 m.y. bin: Silurian 1
*Period:Early/Lower Silurian *Epoch:Late/Upper Llandovery
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Telychian - Middle Telychian
Key time interval: Telychian
Age range of interval: 438.5 - 433.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chicotte Local bed:Lower Reef Cluster
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 5 m thick and 70 m wide ovoid reef. Lower reef core with rudaceous crinoidal wackestones with Stromatactis. Middle reef core with abundant tabulate corals in a crinoidal wackestone matrix.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Bioerosion:none
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Data mostly from middle reef core
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1415
Database number:25250
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-09-05 02:18:31 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-09-05 02:18:31
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
7071. F. R. Brunton and P. Copper. 1994. Paleoecologic, temporal, and spatial analysis of Early Silurian reefs of the Chicotte Formation, Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. Facies 31:57-80 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/P. Wagner]