Heliolitid corals of the Upper Silurian West Point Formation, Gaspé, Québec

The heliolitid fauna of the Upper Silurian West Point Formation of southern Gaspé, Québec, Canada, consists of Propora tubulata (Lonsdale), Heliolites decipiens (McCoy), H. daintreei Nicholson and Etheridge, and Heliolites sp. cf. H. bohemicus Wentzel. All of these species are common in Europe, but are rare in North America. Heliolites sp. cf. H. bohemicus and H. daintreei are newly reported for North America. Very restricted facies occurrences, and presumed environmental preferences, of species such as P. tubulata and H. daintreei suggest that facies occurrences may be useful, along with conventional morphological criteria, in distinguishing species of heliolitid corals.