Where: Manitoba, Canada (51.6° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 22.5° S, 36.6° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Atrypa bremerensis zone Member (Dawson Bay Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: gray, yellow limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: H. McCammon. 1960. Fauna of the Manitoba Group in Manitoba. Province of Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources 59(6):1-80 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 6721: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 13.03.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Coenites hadrus n. sp.
Coenites hadrus n. sp. tabulate coral | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Atrypa bremerensis, Atrypa manitobensis n. sp., Atrypa snakensis n. sp., Atrypa independensis, Spinatrypa mascula
Atrypa manitobensis n. sp.
Atrypa snakensis n. sp. | |
Strophomenata | |
"Productella concentrica" = Chonetipustula concentrica
"Productella concentrica" = Chonetipustula concentrica Hall 1857 | |
Gastropoda | |
Buechelia tyrrelli Whiteaves 1892 snail | |
"Loxonema altivolvis" = Bensbergia altivolvis
"Loxonema altivolvis" = Bensbergia altivolvis Whiteaves 1892 snail | |
Mastigospira alata Whiteaves 1892 snail | |
Omphalocirrus ? manitobensis Whiteaves 1890 snail | |
Trilobita | |
Proetus manitobensis n. sp.
Proetus manitobensis n. sp. McCammon 1960 trilobite |