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Lakefield, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 44.4222,-78.2733 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Ontario, Canada |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Lakefield | Flower R. H. (1952) | Trenton - Sherman Falls limestone | "Sherman Fall limestone" (Flower, 1952). The Sherman Fall ls. belongs to the Trenton group and is Shermanian in age (informations are from Melchin & Legault, 1985, Palynology 9; and from Aravena et al., 1995, J. Hydrol. 173(1-4)). Additionally, the Sherman Fall ls. is sometimes equalized with the Verulam Fm. (Simcoe gp.) and there is also a Sherman Fall mbr. comprising the lower part of the Lindsay Fm. (Simcoe gp.), the latter being stratigraphically slightly younger that the Verulam (survey of | "limestone" | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Whitfieldoceras gracile species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Clinoceratidae : Whitfieldoceras : Whitfieldoceras gracile | 460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician |
References
Flower R. H. (1952) New Ordovician Cephalopods from Eastern North America, Journal of Paleontology 26 1, 24-59 |
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!