GSC Loc# C-74189 (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 3430: 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
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
circular echinoderm ossicle w/single axial channel
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
cf. Saffordotaxis sp.
cf. Saffordotaxis sp. Bassler 1952
originally entered as "cf. Saffordotaxis sp."
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Desquamatia sp., "Pseudatrypa sp." = Pseudoatrypa
Desquamatia sp. Alekseeva 1960
"Pseudatrypa sp." = Pseudoatrypa Copper 1973
originally entered as "Pseudoatrypa sp."
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Eleutherokomma cf. jasperensis, Eleutherokomma sp.
Eleutherokomma cf. jasperensis
originally entered as "Eleutherokomma cf. jasperensis"
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