Brachiopods from the Hirnantian Stage (Ordovician–Silurian) at Percé, Quebec

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Brachiopods from the Hirnantian Stage (Ordovician–Silurian) at Percé, Quebec

  • Volume / Part: 19 / 4
  • Publication Date: November 1976
  • Page(s): 719 - 731
  • Authored By: P. J. Lespérance and P. M. Sheehan

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The following uppermost Ordovician-basal Silurian brachiopods of Hirnantian age from the White Head Formation at Perce, Quebec, Canada, are described and illustrated: Himantia sagittifera, Dalmanella? sp., Kinnella kielanae, Eostropheodonta siluriana, and Plectothyrella crassicosta. The occurrence is the first typical North European Hirnantian brachiopod fauna from North America to be identified at the specific level.

Palaeontology - Volume 19 Part 4 Pages 719-731



Palaeontology - Volume 19 Part 4 Pages 719-731

Citations

LESPÉRANCE, P. J., SHEEHAN, P. M. 1976. Brachiopods from the Hirnantian Stage (Ordovician–Silurian) at Percé, Quebec. Palaeontology, 19, 4, 719–731.