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Simard - Unit 4, Québec, Canada
Formation | Simard |
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Member | Unit 4 |
Age: | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician |
Interval | Chatfieldian - Edenian |
Lithology | wackestone/"shale", "limestone" |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 3 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Plourde Quarry | Saguenay TE, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada | Simard - Unit 4 |
M. Gravel's quarry | Quebec City (Agglomération de Québec), Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Canada | Simard - Unit 4 |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Simard | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | limestone, lime mudstone | 12 |
Simard - Unit 2 | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | wackestone/"shale" | 6 |
Simard - Unit 3 | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | wackestone/"shale" | 2 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Bumastoides sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Illaenidae : Bumastoides | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Flexicalymene senaria species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calymenidae : Flexicalymene : Flexicalymene senaria | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Amygdalocystites sp. genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Paracrinoidea : Comarocystitida : Amygdalocystitidae : Amygdalocystites | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
References
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!