Caution Creek Formation, Upper Member (South Knife River Exposure) (Ordovician to of Canada)

Where: Manitoba, Canada (58.6° N, 95.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 50.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Caution Creek Formation), Richmondian to Richmondian (449.6 - 443.7 Ma)

• "Two lithologic divisions are recognized within the formation on the South Knife and are designated as the Lower and Upper members. These members have not been correlated with those of the type section."

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: dolomitic, gray limestone

• Environmental call by T. Hanson
• Minimum thickness of 16 feet; maximim thickness of 20-30 feet. "[G]ray- and orange-weathering, light-yellowish-gray, crypto- to microcrystalline, slightly dolomitic limestone, in rubbly weathering beds 1-3 inches thick. Fragmental organic material is common, particularly in lower beds, and forms a fair proportion of the rock.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. J. Nelson. 1963. Ordovician paleontology of the Northern Hudson Bay lowland. Geological Society of America Memoir 90:1-152 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23018: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 08.07.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Endocerida - Endoceratidae
 Endocerida - Narthecoceratidae
 Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae
 Actinocerida - Gonioceratidae
Lambeoceras nudum Troedsson 1928
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae
Trochonema coxi Wilson 1938 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"Liospira parva" = Paraliospira parva
"Liospira parva" = Paraliospira parva Wilson 1938 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plaesiomyidae
Dinorthis occidentalis2 Okulitch 1943
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
"Lepidocyclus perlamellosus" = Lepidocyclus perlamellosa, Hypsiptycha anticostiensis
"Lepidocyclus perlamellosus" = Lepidocyclus perlamellosa Whitfield 1878
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Oepikina limbrata1 Wang 1949
Megamyonia unicostata Meek and Worthen 1868
Megamyonia nitens Billings 1860
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
"Strophomena fluctuosa" = Nasutimena fluctuosa, "Strophomena hecuba" = Tetraphalerella hecuba, "Strophomena planocorrugata" = Rugomena planocorrugata
"Strophomena fluctuosa" = Nasutimena fluctuosa Billings 1860
"Strophomena hecuba" = Tetraphalerella hecuba Billings 1860
"Strophomena planocorrugata" = Rugomena planocorrugata Twenhofel 1928
Anthozoa
 Lichenariida - Lyoporidae
Lyopora manitobensis n. sp. tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
"Palaeofavosites capax" = Paleofavosites tabulate coral
Palaeofavosites alveolaris Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
Palaeofavosites alveolaris (Lonsdale) (?)
Favosites wilsonae n. sp. tabulate coral
 Sarcinulida - Syringophyllidae
Calapoecia anticostiensis, "Calapoecia canadensis" = Calapoecia coxi
Calapoecia anticostiensis Billings 1865 tabulate coral
"Calapoecia canadensis" = Calapoecia coxi Bassler 1950 tabulate coral
Calapoecia canadensis var. ungava
 Heliolitida - Palaeoporitidae
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora foerstei n. sp. Nelson 1963 tabulate coral
Catenipora robusta Wilson 1926 tabulate coral
Manipora amicarum tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Lobocorallium manitobense n. sp. horn coral
Bighornia patella Wilson 1926 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Aulaceratidae
Aulacera undulata Billings 1857 stromatoporoid sponge