Also known as With brine spring just behind and Hwy. 10 running behind the brine spring
Where: Manitoba, Canada (52.9° N, 101.1° W: paleocoordinates 21.0° S, 36.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Schizophoria iowensis Member (Dawson Bay Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: gray, yellow, argillaceous limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: H. McCammon. 1960. Fauna of the Manitoba Group in Manitoba. Province of Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources 59(6):1-80 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 6719: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 13.03.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea | |
Idiostroma sp. Winchell 1867 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Plexituba contexta tabulate coral
Aulocystis flabellata tabulate coral | |
Aulopora conferta tabulate coral | |
Alveolites multiperforatus tabulate coral | |
Coenites hadrus n. sp.
Coenites hadrus n. sp. tabulate coral | |
Thamnopora cervicornis tabulate coral
Thamnopora polyforata tabulate coral
"Trachypora sp." = Thamnoptychia Hall 1876 tabulate coral | |
Breviphyllum waskasense horn coral
Breviphyllum cf. richardsoni horn coral | |
Buschophyllum minutum n. sp.
Buschophyllum minutum n. sp. horn coral | |
Amplexiphyllum salinensis n. sp.
Amplexiphyllum salinensis n. sp. horn coral | |
Kunthia ? petraioides horn coral
Ceratophyllum ? sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral | |
Bethanyphyllum cf. praecursor horn coral
Bethanyphyllum praecursor horn coral | |
Trilobita | |
Proetus manitobensis n. sp.
Proetus manitobensis n. sp. McCammon 1960 trilobite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Cyrtina hamiltonensis Hall 1857 | |
"Schizophoria iowensis" = Schizophoria (Schizophoria) iowensis
"Schizophoria iowensis" = Schizophoria (Schizophoria) iowensis Hall 1858 | |
Atrypa manitobensis n. sp. | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana cf. rostellata Conrad 1841 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Loxonema altivolvis" = Bensbergia altivolvis
"Loxonema altivolvis" = Bensbergia altivolvis Whiteaves 1892 snail | |
Buechelia tyrrelli Whiteaves 1892 snail |