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White Head - 4, Canada
| Formation | White Head |
|---|---|
| Member | 4 |
| Age: | 450 - 433 Ma Paleozoic |
| Interval | Ashgill - Llandovery |
| Lithology | limestone/"shale" |
| Number of Collections | 4 |
| Number of Occurrences | 56 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Gaspé Peninsula | Nova Scotia, Canada | White Head - 4 |
| White Head Fm | Québec, Canada | White Head - 4 |
| Gaspé Peninsula | Mont-Albert, La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada | White Head - 4 |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laforce | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | limestone | 1 |
| Sources | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | limestone | 4 |
| White Head | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | limestone, "limestone"/conglomerate, "limestone"/"shale", sandstone/"shale", "shale", mudstone, "shale"/dolomite, sandstone, siltstone | 520 |
| White Head - 1 | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | sandstone | 6 |
| White Head - 2 | 450 - 433 Ma Paleozoic | shale/"limestone", "shale"/siltstone | 9 |
| White Head - 3 | 450 - 433 Ma Paleozoic | shale/"limestone", "limestone"/"shale", "shale" | 31 |
| White Head - 5 | 450 - 433 Ma Paleozoic | mudstone/"shale" | 25 |
| White Head - 6 | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | limestone/"shale", lime mudstone/"shale" | 14 |
| White Head - 7 | 441 - 433 Ma Silurian | shale | 14 |
| White Head - 8 | 443 - 423 Ma Silurian | limestone/siltstone, "limestone"/"shale", lime mudstone/"shale" | 26 |
| White Head - 9 | 443 - 423 Ma Silurian | conglomerate/"limestone" | 5 |
| White Head - Cote de la Surprise | 445 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | mudstone, siltstone, mudstone/"limestone", mudstone/"shale" | 45 |
| White Head - unit 4 | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | limestone/"shale" | 23 |
| White Head - unit 5 | 445 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | mudstone, mudstone/"shale" | 17 |
| White Head - unit 6 | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | limestone/"shale" | 16 |
| White Head - unit 8 | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | limestone/"shale", "limestone" | 21 |
| White Head - unit 9 | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | limestone | 24 |
| Chaleurs - Anse a Pierre-Loiselle | 439 - 423 Ma Silurian | mudstone/sandstone, mudstone, "shale"/"limestone" | 88 |
| Chaleurs - Anse Cascon | 441 - 423 Ma Silurian | sandstone/mudstone | 50 |
| Chaleurs - La Vieille | 439 - 431 Ma Silurian | limestone, "limestone"/sandstone, "carbonate", "shale", "limestone"/"shale" | 203 |
| Chaleurs - Weir | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | sandstone/mudstone, sandstone/siltstone | 52 |
| Matapedia | 450 - 433 Ma Paleozoic | siltstone/"shale", lime mudstone, packstone/mudstone | 86 |
| Matapédia - White Head | 450 - 433 Ma Paleozoic | limestone | 12 |
| Matapédia - White Head - 3,4 | 458 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | limestone | 1 |
Recorded Fossils
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!
