Cobblestone Creek, 75 m, Banff Formation, Western Alberta: Tournaisian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Rugosochonetes cf. loganensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Pulsiidae
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Schellwienella cf. bushbergensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Streptorhynchus sp.
King 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Monticuliferidae
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Ovatia prolata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Overtoniidae
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Overtoniidae indet.
Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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? Avonia beckerensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Spinocarinifera (Spinocarinifera) copiosa
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Piloricilla desmetensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Setigerites jasperensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria cf. poststriatula
Weller 1914
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Hemiplethorhynchus snaringensis
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Macropotamorhynchus insolitus
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39 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Petasmariidae
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Shumardella pygmaea
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Pseudopentagonia cf. injensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Composita immatura
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Composita prolixa
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Cleiothyridina lata
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27 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Retziidae
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Eumetria osagensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris cf. laevicula
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Martiniidae
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Eomartiniopsis rostrata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Strophopleuridae
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Calvustrigis rutherfordi
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer esplanadensis
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29 specimens | |||||||||
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Spirifer cascadensis
Warren 1927
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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? Podtsheremia albertensis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Prospira cf. albapinensis
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Unispirifer greenockensis
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Torynifer eufastigium
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 53.1° North, 118.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.6° North, 41.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Tournaisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 346.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Banff | ||||
| Local section: | Cobblestone Creek | Local bed: | 75 m | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper Banff Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 67245 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-11-16 03:07:19 | Last modified: | 2006-11-16 05:07:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-16 03:07:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19211. | J. L. Carter. 1987. Lower Carboniferous brachiopods from the Banff Formation of Western Alberta. Bulletin Geological Survey of Canada 378:1-183 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |