Where: Alberta, Canada (51.2° N, 115.8° W: paleocoordinates 20.9° N, 33.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Spray River Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by L.D. Burling in 1915
Primary reference: L. M. Lambe. 1916. Ganoid fishes from near Banff, Alberta. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Series 3 10:35-44 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122018: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Coelacanthimorpha | |
Coelacanthus banffensis n. sp.
Coelacanthus banffensis n. sp. Lambe 1916 coelacanth | |
Actinopteri | |
"Elonichthys cupidineus n. sp." = Albertonia cupidinia
"Elonichthys cupidineus n. sp." = Albertonia cupidinia Lambe 1916 |