GSC C-27724 Ware (Silurian of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (57.5° N, 125.1° W: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 73.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Llandovery (443.4 - 433.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. K. Rigby and D. R. Harris. 1979. A new Silurian sponge fauna from northern British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 53(4):968-980 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120573: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae
Wareiella typicala n. gen. n. sp.
Wareiella typicala n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Harris 1979 demosponge
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Diagoniella tubulara n. sp. Rigby and Harris 1979 glass sponge