Enigmatic fossil encrusting an Upper Ordovician rocky shore on Hudson Bay, Canada

• Published in: Journal of Paleontology
• Main Authors: Johnson, Markes E., Xi-Nan, Mu, Jia-Yu, Rong
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1998
• Subjects: Paleontology; Hudson Bay; Canada; Hudson; Port Nelson; Churchill
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000027244; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022336000027244

Storeacolumnella hudsonensis is described as a new genus and species of encrusting, colonial organism that lived in an intertidal, rocky-shore environment. The fossil was discovered in the basal beds of the Upper Ordovician Port Nelson Formation at a coastal outcrop on Hudson Bay near Churchill, Man...