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Quarry 2 miles N of Montreal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 45.5833,-73.55 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | Quebec, Canada |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Montréal, Québec, Canada |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Quarry 2 miles N of Montreal | Billings E. | Aylmer | Likely from the St. Martin lithofacies of the Laval Formation (Hofmann, 1963) | "limestone" | 458.4 - 453 Ma Ordovician |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Deocrinus asperatus species | Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Diplobathrida : Anthracocrinidae : Deocrinus : Deocrinus asperatus | 458.4 - 453 Ma Ordovician |
Pachyocrinus crassibasalis species | Animalia : Echinodermata : Parablastoidea : Pachyocrinus : Pachyocrinus crassibasalis | 458.4 - 453 Ma Ordovician |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!