Jupiter Formation

Jupiter Formation
Jupiter Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Silurian (Aeronian-Telychian) 440.8–433.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	From the base upwards: Goéland Member; East Point Member; Richardson Member; Cybèle Member; Ferrum Member; Pavillon Member;
Overlies	Gun River Formation
Thickness	167 meters
Location
Region	Quebec
Country	Canada
Type section
Named for	Jupiter River
Named by	Schuchert and Twenhofel
Year defined	1910
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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.^[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

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.

Trace Fossils

Trace fossils
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Klemmatoica	K. linguliforma	Goéland Member.^[2]	Associated with the brachiopod Rowellella and the shell of a Phanerotrema.^[2]
Trypanites		Goéland Member.^[3]	Borings in gastropod shells.^[3]

Vertebrates

Conodonts
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Icriodella	I. deflecta	Lower two members.^[4]		Material originally thought to be from the Gun River Formation.^[4]

Invertebrates

Brachiopods
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Clorinda	C. (Phricoclorinda) chaloupensis	Cybèle Member.^[5]	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).^[5]
	C. tumidula	Goéland, Richardson, Ferrum and Pavillon Members.^[5]
	C. superundata	Goéland Member^[5]
Costistricklandia	C. brevis	Pavillon Member.^[5]	"A279b (1 broken ventral valve, 1 small slab with interiors exposed) and A333 (>10 fragmentary, disarticulated valves)".^[5]
Costistricklandia	C. gaspeensis	Pavillon Member (top).^[5]	A 107-108 (1); A 279b (5 broken valves on small slab); A281 (3); A418-5 (10 valves on slabs); A554 (2).^[5]
Dihelictera	D. acrolopha	East Point Member.^[6]	Several hundred specimens.^[6]
Ehlersella	E. davidsonii	Cybèle and Ferrum members.^[5]
Ehlersella	E. transulcata	Basal Ferrum Member.^[5]	A 185 (a crushed shell) and A 1066b (32, variously damaged).^[5]
Joviatrypa	J. brabyla	Lower Goéland Member.^[6]	Several thousand specimens.^[6]
Microcardinalia	M. (Chiastodoca) salterii	Ferrum Member^[5]
	M. (Chiastodoca) richardsoni	Goéland and Richardson members.^[5]
	M. (Chiastodoca) fabatina	Upper Ferrum Member.^[5]	A101 (270 specimens).^[5]
	M. (Dauphinella) divaricata	Cybèle and Ferrum members.^[5]
	M. (Dauphinella) melissa	Uppermost Ferrum Member and Pavillon Member.^[5]
	M. (Dauphinella) sp.	Ferrum and Pavillon Members.^[5]	A255 (16 free shells, 6 slabs with shells in life position) and A108 (1 specimen).^[5]
Parastrophinella	P. ops	Upper Richardson Member.^[5]	A1158 (3 shells).^[5]
Parastrophinella	P. sp.	East Point Member and Ferrum Member.^[5]	A863 (1 shell) and A959 (1 shell).^[5]
Pentameroides	P. subrectus	Pavillon Member.^[5]	"A333 (about 1 conjoined shell; 40 incomplete specimens), A 1395 (6 conjoined shells, 12 ventral valves)".^[5]
Pentamerus	P. oblongus	Richardson, Cybèle, Ferrum and Pavillon Members.^[5]
Pentamerus	P. palaformis	Goéland Member.^[5]		Also found in the Gun River Formation.
Rowellella	R.? anticostiensis	Goéland Member.^[2]	Specimen associated with the shell of a Phanerotrema and the trace fossil Klemmatoica linguliforma.^[2]	A lingulid.
Stricklandia	S. gwelani	Goéland Member.^[5]		Also found in the Gun River Formation.
Stricklandia	S. planirostrata	Ferrum Member.^[5]

Corals
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Acidolites	A. sp.			An unnamed species of the genus.^[7]

Cornulitids
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Conchicolites		Goéland Member.^[2]	Two individuals encrusting the surface of a Clathrodictyon, which itself is associated with a Phanerotrema shell.^[2]

Echinoderms
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Perforocycloides	P. nathalieae	Cybèle Member.^[8]	MPEP335.7.^[8]	A cyclocystoid.
Rhenopyrgus	R. viviani	Cybèle Member to Pavillon Member.^[9]		An edrioasteroid.

Gastropods
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Phanerotrema	P. sp.	Goéland Member.^[3]^[2]	Shells, some with Trypanites borings or other associated organisms.^[3]^[2]	A phanerotrematid.

Sponges
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Clathrodictyon		Goéland Member.^[2]	Specimen found growing on a Phanerotrema shell.^[2]	A stromatoporoid.

Trilobites
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Encrinurus	E. deomenos	^[10]
Dalmanites	D. jupiterensis	^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Copper, P.; Long, D.G.F. (31 October 1990). "Stratigraphic revision of the Jupiter Formation, Anticosti Island, Canada: a major reference section above the Ordovician-Silurian boundary". Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 23 (1): 11–36. doi:10.1127/nos/23/1990/11. ISSN 0078-0421.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Ove, Tapanila, Leif Ebbestad, Jan (2008). Benthic island community on the back of a snail: Silurian, Anticosti Island, Canada. Uppsala universitet, Evolutionsmuseet. OCLC 1235121208.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ebbestad, Jan Ove R.; Tapanila, Leif (9 June 2005). "Non-predatory borings in Phanerotrema (Gastropoda), Early Silurian, Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 221 (3): 325–341. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.03.003. ISSN 0031-0182.
^ ^a ^b Copper, Paul; Long, Darrel G. F.; Jin, Jisuo (2012). "The Early Silurian Gun River Formation of Anticosti Island, eastern Canada: A key section for the mid-Llandovery of North America". Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 45 (3): 263. doi:10.1127/0078-0421/2012/0024. ISSN 0078-0421.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac Jin, Jisuo; Copper, Paul. "Late Ordovician and Early Silurian pentamerid brachiopods of Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada". Palaeontographica Canadiana.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Copper, Paul (September 1995). "Five new genera of Late Ordovician-Early Silurian brachiopods from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 69 (5): 846–862. doi:10.1017/s0022336000035526. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 132079646.
^ Dixon, O. A. (January 1986). "The heliolitid coral Acidolites in Ordovician–Silurian rocks of eastern Canada1". Journal of Paleontology. 60 (1): 26–52. doi:10.1017/S002233600002148X. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 130759173.
^ ^a ^b Ewin, Timothy A. M.; Reich, Mike; Graham, Mark R.; Cournoyer, Mario E. (1 December 2019). "Perforocycloides nathalieae new genus and species, an unusual Silurian cyclocystoid (Echinodermata) from Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada". PalZ. 93 (4): 625–635. doi:10.1007/s12542-019-00483-w. hdl:10141/622663. ISSN 1867-6812.
^ Ewin, T. A. M.; Martin, M.; Isotalo, P.; Zamora, S. (2020). "New rhenopyrgid edrioasteroids (Echinodermata) and their implications for taxonomy, functional morphology, and paleoecology". Journal of Paleontology. 94. Universidad de Zaragoza: 115–130. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.65. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 204263950.
^ "The Silurian trilobite Encrinurus punctatus (Wahlenberg) and allied species | The Palaeontological Association". www.palass.org. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
^ W. H. Twenhofel (1928). "Geology of Anticosti Island". Geological Survey of Canada Memoir. 154 (2132): 1–351.

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[:1-1] Copper, P.; Long, D.G.F. (31 October 1990). "Stratigraphic revision of the Jupiter Formation, Anticosti Island, Canada: a major reference section above the Ordovician-Silurian boundary". Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 23 (1): 11–36. doi:10.1127/nos/23/1990/11. ISSN 0078-0421.

[:6-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Ove, Tapanila, Leif Ebbestad, Jan (2008). Benthic island community on the back of a snail: Silurian, Anticosti Island, Canada. Uppsala universitet, Evolutionsmuseet. OCLC 1235121208.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[:5-3] Ebbestad, Jan Ove R.; Tapanila, Leif (9 June 2005). "Non-predatory borings in Phanerotrema (Gastropoda), Early Silurian, Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 221 (3): 325–341. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.03.003. ISSN 0031-0182.

[:4-4] Copper, Paul; Long, Darrel G. F.; Jin, Jisuo (2012). "The Early Silurian Gun River Formation of Anticosti Island, eastern Canada: A key section for the mid-Llandovery of North America". Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 45 (3): 263. doi:10.1127/0078-0421/2012/0024. ISSN 0078-0421.

[:0-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac Jin, Jisuo; Copper, Paul. "Late Ordovician and Early Silurian pentamerid brachiopods of Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada". Palaeontographica Canadiana.

[:2-6] Copper, Paul (September 1995). "Five new genera of Late Ordovician-Early Silurian brachiopods from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 69 (5): 846–862. doi:10.1017/s0022336000035526. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 132079646.

[7] Dixon, O. A. (January 1986). "The heliolitid coral Acidolites in Ordovician–Silurian rocks of eastern Canada1". Journal of Paleontology. 60 (1): 26–52. doi:10.1017/S002233600002148X. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 130759173.

[:3-8] Ewin, Timothy A. M.; Reich, Mike; Graham, Mark R.; Cournoyer, Mario E. (1 December 2019). "Perforocycloides nathalieae new genus and species, an unusual Silurian cyclocystoid (Echinodermata) from Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada". PalZ. 93 (4): 625–635. doi:10.1007/s12542-019-00483-w. hdl:10141/622663. ISSN 1867-6812.

[9] Ewin, T. A. M.; Martin, M.; Isotalo, P.; Zamora, S. (2020). "New rhenopyrgid edrioasteroids (Echinodermata) and their implications for taxonomy, functional morphology, and paleoecology". Journal of Paleontology. 94. Universidad de Zaragoza: 115–130. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.65. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 204263950.

[10] "The Silurian trilobite Encrinurus punctatus (Wahlenberg) and allied species | The Palaeontological Association". www.palass.org. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

[11] W. H. Twenhofel (1928). "Geology of Anticosti Island". Geological Survey of Canada Memoir. 154 (2132): 1–351.

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