Pentamerus Point, Lake Manitoba (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Manitoba, Canada (51.6° N, 99.3° W: paleocoordinates 22.7° S, 36.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Schizophoria iowensis Zone Member (Dawson Bay Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the GSC

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1892. The fossils of the Devonian rocks of the islands, shores or immediate vicinity of Lakes Manitoba and Winnipegosis. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 1(1):255-359 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 56461: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyostoma tumidum Whiteaves 1892 snail
 Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Astralites fimbriatus Whiteaves 1892 snail
 Euomphalina -
"Euomphalus (Straparollus) annulatus" = Serpulospira annulatus
"Euomphalus (Straparollus) annulatus" = Serpulospira annulatus Whiteaves 1892 snail
 Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae
Omphalocirrus manitobensis Whiteaves 1890 snail
 Eogastropoda - Sinuopeidae
"Straparollina obtusa" = Sellinema obtusa
"Straparollina obtusa" = Sellinema obtusa Whiteaves 1892 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Macrochilina pulchella" = Bensbergia subcostata
"Macrochilina pulchella" = Bensbergia subcostata von Schlotheim 1820 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria infranodosa" = Lahnia infranodosa, "Pleurotomaria spenceri" = Manitobiella goniostoma
"Pleurotomaria infranodosa" = Lahnia infranodosa Whiteaves 1892 snail
"Pleurotomaria spenceri" = Manitobiella goniostoma Whiteaves 1890 snail
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
"Eunema clathratulum" = Nodonema clathratulum
"Eunema clathratulum" = Nodonema clathratulum Whiteaves 1892 snail
 Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
Porcellia manitobensis Whiteaves 1892 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Loxonema priscum" = Mesocoelia priscum
"Loxonema priscum" = Mesocoelia priscum Münster 1840 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis manitobensis Whiteaves 1892 snail