PBDB Collection

GSC Loc# C-74177 (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (58.0° N, 112.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 38.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waterways Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• "lower upper Dev (above Slave Pt)"

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; argillaceous, calcareous limestone and lime mudstone

• "argillaceous micritic ls/calcareous mdst. fossils abraded. shallow, somewhat turbulent. calcareous algae in one sample"

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: A. W. Norris and T. T. Uyeno. 1981. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the lowermost Upper Devonian Slave Point Formation on Lake Claire and the Lower Upper Devonian Waterways Formation on Birch River, NW Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 334:1-53 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3428: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Mike Sommers on 31.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "A.W. Norris and T.T. Uyeno, 1981. Strat and Paleo of the lowermost Upper Dev Slave Point Fm. on Lake Claire and the Lower Upper Dev. Waterways Fm. on Birch River, NW Alberta. Geol. Surv. Can. Bull., 334, 53pp. "

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Crinoidea
-	Crinoidea indet. Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily circular echinoderm ossicle w/single axial channel
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Spirorbis sp. Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Strophomenata
Productida - Monticuliferidae	Devonoproductus cf. tertius Devonoproductus cf. tertius originally entered as "Devonoproductus cf. tertius"
Productida - Araksalosiidae	Eostrophalosia cf. pedderi, Eostrophalosia sp. Eostrophalosia cf. pedderi originally entered as "Eostrophalosia cf. pedderi" Eostrophalosia sp. Stainbrook 1943
Strophomenida - Strophodontidae	"Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) "Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852 subgenus Strophodonta, sp. A
Rhynchonellata
Atrypida - Atrypidae	"Pseudatrypa sp." = Pseudoatrypa, Desquamatia sp. "Pseudatrypa sp." = Pseudoatrypa Copper 1973 originally entered as "Pseudoatrypa sp." Desquamatia sp. Alekseeva 1960
Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae	Eleutherokomma cf. impennis, Eleutherokomma cf. jasperensis, Eleutherokomma sp. Eleutherokomma cf. impennis originally entered as "Eleutherokomma cf. impennis" Eleutherokomma cf. jasperensis originally entered as "Eleutherokomma cf. jasperensis" Eleutherokomma sp.
Spiriferida - Adolfiidae	Allanella minutilla Allanella minutilla
Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae	Tecnocyrtina sp. Tecnocyrtina sp. sp. A
Terebratulida - Cranaenidae	Cranaena sp. Cranaena sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellida - Yunnanellidae	"Ladogiodes asmenista" = Ladogioides "Ladogiodes asmenista" = Ladogioides originally entered as "Ladogioides asmenista"
Stenolaemata
Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae	cf. Saffordotaxis sp. cf. Saffordotaxis sp. Bassler 1952 originally entered as "cf. Saffordotaxis sp."
Gastropoda
Streptoneura -	? Archaeogastropoda indet. ? Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail gastropod; small, spirally coiled - originally entered as "? Archaeogastropoda indet."