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Ottawa, Nepean Township, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Lat/Long (Decimal)45.4167,-75.7
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationOntario, Canada
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Nepean Township, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
OttawaMiller S. A."limestone"460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Wilson Loc 140. Quarry W of Government Tak Testing Grounds & E of Green CreekWilson A. E. (1951)Lowville - Lower"limestone"460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ottawa, Ontario, Ottawa Formation Pamelia bedsBolton T. E. (1988)Ottawa468.1 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ottawa, Pamelia FormationRaymond P. E. (1916)Pamelia"limestone"468.1 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Heterocrinus simplex
species
Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Heterocrinidae : Heterocrinus : Heterocrinus simplex460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Cyrtodonta breviuscula
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cyrtodontidae : Cyrtodonta : Cyrtodonta breviuscula468.1 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Sinuites cancellatus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Sinuitidae : Sinuites : Sinuites cancellatus460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Helicotoma planulata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Helicotomidae : Helicotoma : Helicotoma planulata460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Raphistomina distincta
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Holopeidae : Raphistomina : Raphistoma distinctum460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Paraliospira larvata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Paraliospira : Helicotoma larvata460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Hormotoma gracilis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : Murchisonia gracilis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Subulites canadensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : Subulites : Subulites canadensis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Subulites regularis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : Subulites : Subulites regularis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Eunema centralis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Eunema : Lophospira centralis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Lophospira milleri
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Lophospira : Lophospira milleri460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Paupospira burginensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Paupospira : Paupospira burginensis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Trochonemella montrealensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochonematidae : Trochonemella : Trochonemella montrealensis460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Pachystylostroma miriamae
species
Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Labechiida : Rosenellidae : Pachystylostroma : Pachystylostroma miriamae468.1 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician

References

Miller S. A. , North American geology and palaeontology for the use of amateurs, students and scientists, 1-664
Raymond P. E. (1916) The Pelecypoda of the Chazy Formation, Annals of the Carnegie Museum 328, 325-343
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
Bolton T. E. (1988) Stromatoporoidea from the Ordovician rocks of central and eastern Canada, Contributions to Canadian paleontology, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 379, 17-45
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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