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Survey Peak - middle, Alberta, Canada

FormationSurvey Peak
Membermiddle
Age:485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
IntervalTremadoc
Lithologylimestone, "shale", conglomerate, siltstone, dolomite
Number of Collections23
Number of Occurrences52

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
GSC locality 92317Alberta, CanadaSurvey Peak - middle

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Outram479 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
limestone, "shale", "shale"/"limestone", "limestone"/"shale", siltstone146
Skoki - Sikanni Chief467 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician
dolomite, "limestone"/chert24
Survey Peak485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
dolomite, "limestone"8
Survey Peak - basal silty485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
limestone, conglomerate, "shale", "shale"/"limestone"84
Survey Peak - Putty Shale485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
shale, dolomite, "limestone"14
Survey Peak - Upper485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
limestone1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Trilobita
class
3Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Micragnostus chiushuensis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Agnostidae : Micragnostus : Micragnostus chiushuensis485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Bellefontia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Bellefontia485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Parabellefontia concinna
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Parabellefontia : Parabellefontia concinna485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Apatokephalus longifrons
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Remopleurididae : Apatokephalus : Apatokephalus longifrons485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Kainella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Remopleurididae : Kainella485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Kainella flagricauda
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Remopleurididae : Kainella : Kainella flagricauda485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Hillyardina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Hystricuridae : Hillyardina485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Hyperbolochilus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Hyperbolochilus485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Hystricurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Hystricuridae : Hystricurus485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Hystricurus oculilunatus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Hystricuridae : Hystricurus : Hystricurus oculilunatus485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Metabowmania sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Hystricuridae : Metabowmania485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Paenebeltella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Hystricuridae : Paenebeltella485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Paenebeltella vultulata
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Hystricuridae : Paenebeltella : Paenebeltella vultulata485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Leiostegium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Leiostegiidae : Leiostegium485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Pseudoclelandia fluxafissura
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Pseudoclelandia : Pseudoclelandia fluxafissura485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Tesselacauda sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pliomeridae : Tesselacauda485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Tesselacauda depressa
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pliomeridae : Tesselacauda : Tesselacauda depressa485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Ischyrotoma sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Dimeropygidae : Ischyrotoma485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Pseudohystricurus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Dimeropygidae : Pseudohystricurus485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Gonioteloides sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Gonioteloides485.4 - 477.7 Ma
Paleozoic

References

Dean W. T. (1989) Trilobites from the Survey Peak, Outram and Skoki Formations (Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician) at Wilcox Pass, Jasper National Park, Alberta), Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 389, 1-141
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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