Southesk-Cairn complex, Saracenhead Mountain (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 3850

Where: Alberta, Canada (52.7° N, 116.8° W: paleocoordinates 11.5° S, 43.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Southesk Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• margin of the reef complex

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• argillaceous interbeds of the reef complex

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 83661: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae
Anostylostroma vesiculosum
Anostylostroma vesiculosum Stearn 1961 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona cf. spissa
Clathrocoilona cf. spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge