Merrimack Formation

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Merrimack Formation
Stratigraphic range: Silurian
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesGun River Formation[1]
Location
Region Quebec
Country Canada

The Merrimack Formation is a

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Fossil content

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon
Ootaxon
Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Brachiopods
Genus Species Presence Material Notes Images
Cerasina C. pycnata Near Merrimack Point, northeastern coast of Anticosti Island.[2] More than 200 specimens.[2] Genus renamed to Cerasinella.[3]
Cerasinella C. pycnata Near Merrimack Point, northeastern coast of Anticosti Island.[2] More than 200 specimens.[2] An atrypoid originally named Cerasina.[3]
Fenestrirostra F. glacialis Middle and upper beds of the formation.[4] A rhynchonellid also found in the lowermost Gun River Formation.
F. primaeva Lower part of the middle Merrimack Formation.[4] A rhynchonellid.
Stricklandia S. sp. "A22=C683 (2 broken shells); A1242 (15, broken); A1329 (1 broken dorsal valve)".[5] Also found in the Gun River Formation.
Virgiana V. mayvillensis "A505 (1 shell); A 739 (5, all broken); A 741 (33, most damaged); A842 (38, most damaged); A 1330 (12 shells)".[5]

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