Jupiter Formation
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| name = Jupiter Formation
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| type = Geological formation
| age = Early Silurian (Aeronian-Telychian)
{{Fossil range|440.8|433.4}}
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| namedfor = Jupiter River
| namedby = Schuchert and Twenhofel
| region = {{Flag|Quebec}}
| country = {{Flag|Canada}}
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| subunits = From the base upwards:
- Goéland Member
- East Point Member
- Richardson Member
- Cybèle Member
- Ferrum Member
- Pavillon Member
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| overlies = Gun River Formation
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The Jupiter Formation is a geologic formation in Quebec, well-exposed in the southern third of Anticosti Island and lying in the St Lawrence River Valley.{{Cite journal |last1=Copper |first1=P. |last2=Long |first2=D.G.F. |date=1990-10-31 |title=Stratigraphic revision of the Jupiter Formation, Anticosti Island, Canada: a major reference section above the Ordovician-Silurian boundary |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284667619 |journal=Newsletters on Stratigraphy |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=11–36 |doi=10.1127/nos/23/1990/11 |issn=0078-0421}} It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.
Fossil content
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=Trace Fossils=
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colspan="6" align="center" | Trace fossils | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
style="background:#FEF6E4;" |Klemmatoica
|style="background:#FEF6E4;" |K. linguliforma |style="background:#FEF6E4;" |Goéland Member. |style="background:#FEF6E4;" |Associated with the brachiopod Rowellella and the shell of a Phanerotrema. |style="background:#FEF6E4;" | |style="background:#FEF6E4;" | | ||||
style="background:#FEF6E4;" |Trypanites
|style="background:#FEF6E4;" | |style="background:#FEF6E4;" |Borings in gastropod shells. |style="background:#FEF6E4;" | |style="background:#FEF6E4;" | |
=Vertebrates=
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colspan="6" align="center" | Conodonts | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Icriodella
|I. deflecta | | Material originally thought to be from the Gun River Formation. | |
=Invertebrates=
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colspan="6" align="center" | Brachiopods | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
rowspan="3" |Clorinda
|C. (Phricoclorinda) chaloupensis |A749 (112, mostly well-preserved); A850 (178); A937 (about 100,some embedded in small blocks); A939 (44); A1040 (105); A1047 (1); A1064b (76); A1125 (68). | | | ||||
C. tumidula
|Goéland, Richardson, Ferrum and Pavillon Members. | | | | ||||
C. superundata
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rowspan="2" |Costistricklandia
|C. brevis |"A279b (1 broken ventral valve, 1 small slab with interiors exposed) and A333 (>10 fragmentary, disarticulated valves)". | | | ||||
C. gaspeensis
|A 107-108 (1); A 279b (5 broken valves on small slab); A281 (3); A418-5 (10 valves on slabs); A554 (2). | | | ||||
Dihelictera
|D. acrolopha | | | ||||
rowspan="2" |Ehlersella
|E. davidsonii | | | | ||||
E. transulcata
|A 185 (a crushed shell) and A 1066b (32, variously damaged). | | | ||||
Joviatrypa
|J. brabyla | | | ||||
rowspan="6" |Microcardinalia
|M. (Chiastodoca) salterii | | | | ||||
M. (Chiastodoca) richardsoni
|Goéland and Richardson members. | | | | ||||
M. (Chiastodoca) fabatina
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M. (Dauphinella) divaricata
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M. (Dauphinella) melissa
|Uppermost Ferrum Member and Pavillon Member. | | | | ||||
M. (Dauphinella) sp.
|A255 (16 free shells, 6 slabs with shells in life position) and A108 (1 specimen). | | | ||||
rowspan="2" |Parastrophinella
|P. ops | | | ||||
P. sp.
|East Point Member and Ferrum Member. |A863 (1 shell) and A959 (1 shell). | | | ||||
Pentameroides
|P. subrectus |"A333 (about 1 conjoined shell; 40 incomplete specimens), A 1395 (6 conjoined shells, 12 ventral valves)". | | | ||||
rowspan="2" |Pentamerus
|P. oblongus |Richardson, Cybèle, Ferrum and Pavillon Members. | | |File:Pentamerus oblongus - Kyoto University Museum - DSC06413.JPG | ||||
P. palaformis
| |Also found in the Gun River Formation. | | ||||
Rowellella
|R.? anticostiensis |Specimen associated with the shell of a Phanerotrema and the trace fossil Klemmatoica linguliforma. |A lingulid. | | ||||
rowspan="2" |Stricklandia
|S. gwelani | |Also found in the Gun River Formation. | | ||||
S. planirostrata
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colspan="6" align="center" | Corals | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Acidolites
|A. sp. | | | |
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colspan="6" align="center" | Cornulitids | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Conchicolites
| |Two individuals encrusting the surface of a Clathrodictyon, which itself is associated with a Phanerotrema shell. | | |
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colspan="6" align="center" | Echinoderms | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Perforocycloides
|P. nathalieae | A cyclocystoid. | | ||||
Rhenopyrgus
| |An edrioasteroid. | |
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colspan="6" align="center" | Gastropods | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Phanerotrema
|P. sp. | Goéland Member.{{Cite book |last=Ove |first=Tapanila, Leif Ebbestad, Jan |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233546211 |title=Benthic island community on the back of a snail: Silurian, Anticosti Island, Canada |date=2008 |publisher=Uppsala universitet, Evolutionsmuseet |oclc=1235121208}} |Shells, some with Trypanites borings or other associated organisms. | A phanerotrematid. | |
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colspan="6" align="center" | Sponges | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Clathrodictyon
| |Specimen found growing on a Phanerotrema shell. | A stromatoporoid. | |
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colspan="6" align="center" | Trilobites | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Encrinurus
|E. deomenos | | | |
See also
{{Portal |Earth sciences|Canada|Paleontology}}
References
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- {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org/|access-date= 8 July 2014|df= dmy-all|archive-date= 19 August 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220819182839/https://www.fossilworks.org/|url-status= dead}}
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Category:Silurian southern paleotemperate deposits
Category:Silurian southern paleotropical deposits
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