A mixed Atlantic–Pacific province Middle Ordovician graptolite fauna in western Newfoundland
A recently excavated quarry in the middle Table Head Formation (Middle Ordovician) on the Port-au-Port Peninsula, western Newfoundland, has provided a rich and varied fauna of graptolites associated with trilobites, inarticulate brachiopods, and crustacean remains. The graptolite fauna includes Atla...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1979
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e79-176 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e79-176 |
Summary: | A recently excavated quarry in the middle Table Head Formation (Middle Ordovician) on the Port-au-Port Peninsula, western Newfoundland, has provided a rich and varied fauna of graptolites associated with trilobites, inarticulate brachiopods, and crustacean remains. The graptolite fauna includes Atlantic province species in an otherwise characteristically Pacific assemblage, thereby enabling the correlation of provincially distinct zonal classifications. |
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