Where: British Columbia, Canada (57.4° N, 125.1° W: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 72.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Llandovery to Llandovery (443.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• latest Llandovery-Wenlock
• 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 120574: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia | |
Monograptus sp. graptolite
Monograptus ex gr. priodon Bronn 1835 graptolite | |
Cyrtograptus sp. graptolite | |
Hexactinellida | |
Norfordia gabrielsei n. gen. n. sp.
Norfordia gabrielsei n. gen. n. sp. Rigby and Harris 1979 glass sponge | |
Protospongia conica n. sp.
Protospongia conica n. sp. Rigby and Harris 1979 glass sponge |