Stratigraphic setting of the type specimen of Carpocrinus arcticus Frest and Strimple from the Late Silurian of Somerset Island, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Narbonne, Guy M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1977
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Canada; Somerset Island; Read Bay; Fury Point
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e77-183; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e77-183

The type specimen of Carpocrinus arcticus Frest and Strimple was collected approximately 65 m below the upper boundary of the Read Bay Formation (Member A) at Fury Point, Somerset Island. Associated brachiopods, trilobites, and bryozoans suggest a Ludlovian age for this specimen.