Also known as Reef 3849
Where: Alberta, Canada (52.5° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.6° S, 43.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cairn Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: C. W. Stearn. 1961. Devonian stromatoporoids from the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Journal of Paleontology 35(5):932-948 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83647: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea | |
Hammatostroma albertense n. gen. n. sp.
Hammatostroma albertense n. gen. n. sp. Stearn 1961 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anostylostroma vesiculosum n. sp.
Anostylostroma vesiculosum n. sp. Stearn 1961 stromatoporoid sponge |