Royal Creek II partial section at 128.1-129.0 m (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Yukon, Canada (64.8° N, 135.2° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° N, 43.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); limestone

• SEP environmental call based on given info. and regional context
• Overall: "...[section] represents a small enclave of deeper water shales and limestones surrounded by shallow water, massive, light-colored limestone...section consists of a more or less regular alternation of limestones, shaly limestones, and calcareous shale. The limestones are typically very dark and have a high organic content. Some lst beds contain 10-15% chert in the form of irregular masses, show minor brecciation, and may be partially silicfied in a spongy pattern. The shales vary in their calcareous content, so that at the extreme end, might well be defined as platy, shaly lsts. Fossils are for the most part common to abundant in the carbonates, and most are totally silicified..the shales contain a relatively small fauna of scattered graptolites and rare brachiopods..." [Lithology for this particular collection based on reading symbols off schematic section.]

Primary reference: A. C. Lenz. 1977. Yukon Territory. in A. Martinsson, ed. The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS, Series A, Number 5). Schweizerbart'sche, Stuttgart. 272-280 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14009: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• "The shelly faunas...include on the conodonts, brachiopods and corals, the remaining faunas not having as yet been studied." [These other elements include trilobites, echinoderms, sponges, bivalves, and gastropods.]
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Pseudogrypophyllum sp. Cherepnina 1968 horn coral
cf. Neomphyma sp. Soshkina 1937 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kodonophyllidae
Chlamydophyllum sp. Pocta 1902 horn coral
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida -
"Ozarkodina remscheidensis" = Nicollidina remscheidensis, Ozarkodina sp.E n. sp., Ozarkodina sp.X n. sp.
"Ozarkodina remscheidensis" = Nicollidina remscheidensis Ziegler 1960 conodont
Ozarkodina sp.E n. sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Ozarkodina sp.X n. sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Cymostrophia sp. Caster 1939
genus name in quotes
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Aesopomum sp. Havlicek 1965
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula spp. Hall 1867
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
genus name in quotes
 Orthida - Draboviidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Desquamatia sp. Alekseeva 1960
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae