Forbidden Creek, 82-86 m, Banff Formation, Western Alberta (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.8° N, 115.8° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 42.0° 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 67268: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Cranaena cf. texana Carter 1967
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae