Intertidal facies, Leduc Fm. (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (53.6° N, 113.5° W: paleocoordinates 12.5° S, 41.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• "U. Dev; Woodbend Grp"

Environment/lithology: peritidal; limestone

• "ls laminate (stromatolitic). intertidal flats, back reef lagoon (compare to Manlius). stable cratonic shelf. BA1"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. E. Klovan. 1964. Facies analysis of the Redwater Reef Complex, Alberta, Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 12:1-100 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 628: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 06.04.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "J.E. Klovan, 1964. Facies analysis of the Redwater Reef Complex, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Petrol. Geol. Bull. 12:1-100"
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Gastropoda
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda indet.
Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
gastropods, >= 2 genera, > 1 species
Bivalvia
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalodon sp.
Megalodon sp. Sowerby 1827 clam
Stromatoporoidea
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp.
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge