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Lowville

Formation	Lowville
Member(s)	Lower
Age:	461 - 450 Ma Ordovician
Interval	Blackriveran
Lithology	limestone, "shale"/claystone
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	6

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Braeside	McNab Township, McNab/Braeside, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada	Lowville
Ottawa	Nepean Township, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Lowville - Lower
C12. Valcour Island	Clinton County, New York, USA	Lowville
along the western shore of La Cloche peninsula	Ontario, Canada	Lowville

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Lowville - Lower	461 - 450 Ma Ordovician	limestone	11
Ottawa	461 - 443 Ma Paleozoic		11
Pamelia	461 - 450 Ma Ordovician	limestone, "shale"/sandstone	16

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Tymbochoos sp. genus	6	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : *Tymbochoos*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Leperditia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Leperditiidae : *Leperditia*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Thaleops ovata species	7	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Illaenidae : Thaleops : *Thaleops ovata*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Strophomena incurvata species	7	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophomenidae : Strophomena : *Strophomena incurvata*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Pterotheca clochensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pterothecidae : Pterotheca : *Pterotheca clochensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Sinuites cancellatus species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Sinuitidae : Sinuites : *Sinuites cancellatus*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Helicotoma planulata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Helicotomidae : Helicotoma : *Helicotoma planulata*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Raphistoma distinctum species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Holopeidae : Raphistomina : *Raphistoma distinctum*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Helicotoma larvata species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Paraliospira : *Helicotoma larvata*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Murchisonia gracilis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : *Murchisonia gracilis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Subulites canadensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : Subulites : *Subulites canadensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Subulites regularis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : Subulites : *Subulites regularis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Lophospira centralis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Eunema : *Lophospira centralis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Lophospira milleri species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Lophospira : *Lophospira milleri*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Paupospira burginensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Paupospira : *Paupospira burginensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Trochonemella montrealensis species	7	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochonematidae : Trochonemella : *Trochonemella montrealensis*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Stromatocerium rugosum species	7	Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Labechiida : Stromatoceriidae : Stromatocerium : *Stromatocerium rugosum*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician

References

Raymond P. E. (1906) The Chazy Formation and its fauna, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 3 4, 498-596

Foerste A. F. (1924) Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec, Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138 121, 1-99

Wilson A. E. (1951) Gastropoda and Conularida of the Ottawa Formation of the Ottawa - St. Lawrence Lowland, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 17, 1-149

Tofel J. E., Bretsky P.W. (1987) Middle Ordovician Lophospira (Archaeogastropoda) from the Upper Mississippi Valley, Journal of Paleontology 61 4, 700-723

Steele-Petrovich H. M., Bolton T. E. (1998) Morphology and palaeoecology of a primitive mound-forming tubicolous Polychaete from the Ordovician of the Ottawa Valley, Canada, Palaeontology 41 1, 125-145

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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