Canyon Creek, 23 m, Banff Formation, Western Alberta: Tournaisian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Monticuliferidae
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Ovatia prolata
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9 specimens | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Avonia banffensis
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18 specimens | ||||||
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? Avonia beckerensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Piloricilla desmetensis
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Syringothyrididae
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Syringothyris cf. hannibalensis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Unispirifer greenockensis
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Kitakamithyris cooperensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Beecheriidae
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Beecheria chouteauensis
(Weller 1914)
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.9° North, 114.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.3° South, 42.4° 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: | Canyon Creek | Local bed: | 23 m |
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 67334 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-11-17 04:15:36 | Last modified: | 2006-11-17 06:15:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-17 04:15:25 |
| 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] |