upper part of exposed Devonian from Banks Island, Arctic Canada (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (72.8° N, 120.5° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° N, 28.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Frasnian (379.5 - 376.1 Ma)

• description is very general; see Klovan & Imbrie (1971; Can. Bull. Pet. Geol.) for more information

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

• none of this is recorded in the reference, see Klovan and Imbrie (1971) for more information

Primary reference: J. W. Harrington. 1971. Brachiopoda of the Melville Island group (Upper Devonian), Banks Island, N.W.T. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 19(4):782-798 [T. Olszewski/T. Olszewski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3397: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Tom Olszewski on 31.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria aff. athabaskensis
Schizophoria aff. athabaskensis
originally entered as "Schizophoria aff. athabaskensis"
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Calvinaria albertensis
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula cf. cornuta
Gypidula cf. cornuta Fenton and Fenton 1924
originally entered as "Gypidula cf. cornuta"
 Spiriferida - Theodossiidae
Theodossia cf. scopulorum
Theodossia cf. scopulorum
originally entered as "Theodossia cf. scopulorum"
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtospirifer thalattodoxa
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Atrypa ex gr. devoniana" = Pseudoatrypa devoniana, Spinatrypa cf. borealis
"Atrypa ex gr. devoniana" = Pseudoatrypa devoniana Webster 1921
"ex. gr. devoniana" - originally entered as "Atrypa ex. gr. devoniana"
Spinatrypa cf. borealis
originally entered as "Spinatrypa cf. borealis"
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Retichonetes sp.
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Nervostrophia cf. vestita
Nervostrophia cf. vestita
originally entered as "Nervostrophia cf. vestita"
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Devonoproductus sp.