Where: Alberta, Canada (52.2° N, 116.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 8.8° S, 59.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mount Hawk Formation (Fairholme Group), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• Mount Hawk or Southesk Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified, argillaceous limestone and lithified, calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. K. Rigby. 1970. Two new Upper Devonian hexactinellid sponges from Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 44:7-16 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 111941: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Mattaspongia apaches Rigby 1970 glass sponge |