Where: Manitoba, Canada (52.1° N, 97.9° W: paleocoordinates 10.4° S, 57.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cat Head Member (Red River Formation), Maysvillian (452.0 - 449.5 Ma)
• Was Trentonian - Edenian, but Jin & Zhan give Maysvillian
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, bioturbated, dolomitic, argillaceous, calcareous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the GSC
Primary reference: T. E. Bolton. 1988. Stromatoporoidea from the Ordovician rocks of central and eastern Canada. Contributions to Canadian paleontology, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 379:17-45 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27189: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 21.11.2002, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatocerium "sp. 1" Hall 1847 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Scyphozoa | |
Conularia porcella Robson and Young 2013 jellyfish |