Classification and Conodont-based Sge of the Ordovician Trilobite Ellsaspis (middle Arenigian, Ville Guay, Quebec)

TitleClassification and Conodont-based Sge of the Ordovician Trilobite Ellsaspis (middle Arenigian, Ville Guay, Quebec)
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1984
AuthorsLanding, E, Ludvigsen, R
JournalCanadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Volume21
Pagination1483-1490
Keywordsgeology paleontology
Abstract

Ellsaspis Rasetti, 1945 occurs in a thin intraclast granule and echinoderm hash packstone in continental slope facies at Ville Guay. Presence of an anterior median glabellar node and assignment of a previously unrecognized pygdium to the type species support its classification as an endymioniine trilobite. Associated conodonts of the platform margin Juanognathus biofacies, a chitinozoan, and shelf-derived orthids indicate a correlation with the middle Arenigian and upper Canadian. Association of the conodonts Prioniodus evae and P. elegans precludes a precise correlation with the condensed sequences of the Baltic Basin.

URLhttp://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/e84-153#.VuWP6HprWqw
DOI10.1139/e84-153