Megalodon 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"

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; grainstone

• "fine-grained skeletal calcarenite; slopes <= 20 degrees. forereef (outer edge of reef complex); basinward of reef. 'Limited turbulence, moderate depth.' stable cratonic shelf. BA3"

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 657: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 06.04.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Klovan, 1964"
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoids
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Cranaena sp.
Cranaena sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
2 species - originally entered as "Craneana sp."
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae
Turbinopsis sp.
Turbinopsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium sp.
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Hall 1883 oyster
(= Leiopteria?) - originally entered as "Lioptera sp."
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp.
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam
originally entered as "Cyricardinia sp."
 Cardiiformii -
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida Newell 1965 rudist
megalodont
Anthozoa
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Charactophyllum sp.
Charactophyllum sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phacellophyllum sp., Macgeea sp., Phillipsastrea sp.
Phacellophyllum sp. Gürich 1909 horn coral
Macgeea sp. Webster 1889 horn coral
Phillipsastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Tabulophyllum sp.
Tabulophyllum sp. Fenton and Fenton 1924 horn coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp.
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
Syringoporella sp.
Syringoporella sp. Kettner 1934 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
stromatoporoids other than Stachyodes, more than 1 spp.
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp.
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge