Canyon Creek, 4-5 m, Banff Formation, Western Alberta: Tournaisian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Spinocarinifera (Spinocarinifera) copiosa
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4 specimens | ||||||
Setigerites jasperensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
Piloricilla desmetensis
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3 specimens | ||||||
Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Avonia canyonensis
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4 specimens | ||||||
Rugauris robusta
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1 specimen | ||||||
Strophomenata
- Productida
- Monticuliferidae
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Ovatia prolata
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22 specimens | ||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Kitakamithyris cooperensis
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4 specimens | ||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer cascadensis
Warren 1927
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2 specimens | ||||||
Prospira cf. albapinensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
Unispirifer minnewankensis
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15 specimens | ||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Martiniidae
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Eomartiniopsis rostrata
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8 specimens | ||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Syringothyrididae
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Syringothyris cf. hannibalensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotetradidae
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Axiodeaneia usheri
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2 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
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: | 4-5 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: | 67338 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-11-17 04:40:30 | Last modified: | 2006-11-17 06:40:31 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-17 04:40:25 |
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] |