Cross Lake Rapids (Silurian to of Canada)

Also known as S Manitoba, Cedar Lake Dolomite, Cross Lake Mem., Cross Lake Rapids

Where: Manitoba, Canada (53.2° N, 99.3° W: paleocoordinates 10.0° S, 51.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cross Lake Member (Cedar Lake Dolomite Formation), Telychian to Telychian (438.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; red, yellow dolomite

• Biostrom.
• Pale yellowish-orange, medium to coarse grained, and medium bedded dolomite.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. W. Stearn. 1956. Stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Interlake Group and Stonewall Formation of Southern Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 281:1-162 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26719: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 25.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Lyellia affinis
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
"Encrinurus hypoleprus" = Wallacia hypolepra
"Encrinurus hypoleprus" = Wallacia hypolepra Stearn 1956 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia winiskensis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Brachyprion inflatus
Anthozoa
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Halysites catenularia
Halysites catenularia Linnaeus 1767 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites gothlandicus
Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Asthenophyllum inwoodense
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexoides sp.
Amplexoides sp. Wang 1947 horn coral