Attawapiskat River, stromatoporoid-coral reefs (Silurian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 2253

Where: Ontario, Canada (52.9° N, 83.9° W: paleocoordinates 14.9° S, 45.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Attawapiskat Formation, Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• stromatoporoid-coral reefs

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. R. Suchy and C. W. Stearn. 1992. Lower Silurian reefs and post-reef beds of the Attawapiskat Formation, Hudson Bay Platform, northern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(3):575-590 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77260: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Halyses sp.
Sphaerocodium
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Sphaerocodium sp.
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Hedstroemia sp.
Hedstroemia sp. Rothpletz 1913
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp.
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon sp.
Clathrodictyon sp. Nicholson and Murie 1878 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Ecclimadictyon sp.
Ecclimadictyon sp. Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
Parallelostroma sp.
Parallelostroma sp. Nestor 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringoporidae indet.
Syringoporidae indet. Fromentel 1864 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Subalveolites sp.
Subalveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp.
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora sp., Halysites sp., Cystihalysites sp.
Catenipora sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813 tabulate coral
Cystihalysites sp. Chernyshev 1941 tabulate coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphyllum sp.
Cystiphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1839 horn coral
 Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae
Arachnophyllum sp.
Arachnophyllum sp. Dana 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Strombodes sp.
Strombodes sp. Schweigger 1819 horn coral
 Stauriida - Pycnostylidae
Pycnostylus sp.
Pycnostylus sp. Whiteaves 1884 horn coral
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Brachyprion sp.
Brachyprion sp. Shaler 1865
 Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia sp.
Fardenia sp. Lamont 1935
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Whitfieldella sp.
Whitfieldella sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Ancillotoechia sp.
Ancillotoechia sp. Havlicek 1959
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentameroides sp.
Pentameroides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda sp.
Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa sp.
Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp.
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
Ulvophyceae
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Vermiporella sp.
Vermiporella sp. Stolley 1893
Epiphyton
  - Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp.
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes sp.
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906