1.5 mi NE of Wingham (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as Fagerstrom #18

Where: Ontario, Canada (43.9° N, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° S, 27.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Formosa Reef Limestone Member (Amherstburg Formation), Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Not explicitly stated as Emsian in this ref; however, it is in Ludvigsen (1986). [JA: the Formosa Reef Limestone is actually Eifelian, see Edinger et al. 2002]

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, gray reef rocks and lime mudstone

• "The bulk of the reef comprises poorly bedded stromatoporoidal boundstone and minor coralline boundstone in a matrix of lime mudstone and wackestone. [Ludvigsen, 1986]."

Primary reference: J. A. Fagerstrom. 1961. The fauna of the Middle Devonian Formosa Reef Limestone of southwestern Ontario. Journal of Paleontology 35(1):1-48 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3848: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 10.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
"Conocardium cuneus" = Hoareicardia cunea
"Conocardium cuneus" = Hoareicardia cunea Conrad 1840
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella pavilionensis
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
Cryptonella lens
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Pholidostrophia nacrea
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
? Cheilotrypa sp.
? Cheilotrypa sp. Ulrich 1884
originally entered as "? Cheilotrypa sp."