Some Pacific Faunal Province graptolites from the Ordovician of northern Yukon, Canada
Tylograptus, Sinograptus, Pterograptus, Syndyograptus, and Reteograptus pulcherrimus are described from northern Yukon. The last three taxa are recognized for the first time in northern Canada. Reteograptus pulcherrimus occurs in Ashgillian age beds, the remainder in Llanvirnian and Llandeilian beds...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | French |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1977
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e77-165 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e77-165 |
| Summary: | Tylograptus, Sinograptus, Pterograptus, Syndyograptus, and Reteograptus pulcherrimus are described from northern Yukon. The last three taxa are recognized for the first time in northern Canada. Reteograptus pulcherrimus occurs in Ashgillian age beds, the remainder in Llanvirnian and Llandeilian beds. All taxa are found in regions bordering the present Pacific or Arctic Oceans; however, Pterograptus also occurs in the Baltic region, and Syndyograptus is found in the Appalachian region. |
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