Morro Creek, 35 m, Banff Formation, Western Alberta (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (53.0° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.6° N, 41.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Banff Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. L. Carter. 1987. Lower Carboniferous brachiopods from the Banff Formation of Western Alberta. Bulletin Geological Survey of Canada 378:1-183 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67261: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotetradidae
Axiodeaneia usheri
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita athabaskensis, Cleiothyridina lata, Cleiothyridina tenuilineata
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Eumetria osagensis
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Prospira fessaulacis, ? Podtsheremia albertensis, Spirifer cascadensis
Spirifer cascadensis Warren 1927
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Kitakamithyris cooperensis
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Pustula morrocreekensis
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Ovatia prolata
 Productida - Productellidae
Avonia banffensis, Avonia canyonensis
 Productida - Productidae
Piloricilla desmetensis, Setigerites jasperensis
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Streptorhynchus sp.
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella cf. bushbergensis