Where: British Columbia, Canada (57.4° N, 124.9° W: paleocoordinates 3.3° N, 55.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Road River Group, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• upper Road River Group, siltstone unit, latest Llandovery or Wenlock
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. K. Rigby, J. L. Nelson, and B. S. Norford. 1998. Silurian hexactinellid sponges from northern British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):202-220 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120527: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Pterobranchia | |
|
Monograptus sp. graptolite | |
| Hexactinellida | |
Protospongia columbiana n. sp.
Protospongia columbiana n. sp. Rigby et al. 1998 glass sponge | |
Cyathophycus akiensis n. sp.
Cyathophycus akiensis n. sp. Rigby et al. 1998 glass sponge | |