Also known as Reef 3770
Where: British Columbia, Canada (58.0° N, 125.5° W: paleocoordinates 10.5° N, 84.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Botomian (516.0 - 512.9 Ma)
• Nevadella Zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified floatstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: J. L. Mansy, F. Debrenne, and A. Y. Zhuravlev. 1993. Calcaires a archaeocyathes du Cambrien inferieur du nord de la Colombie Britannique (Canada), implications paleogeographiques et precisions sur l'extension du continent Americano-Koryakien [Lower Cambrian archaeocyath limestones of northern British Columbia (Canada), paleogeographic implications and precisions on the Americano-Koryakian continent extension]. Geobios 26(6):643-683 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 81083: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.06.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Archaeocyatha | |
Archaeosycon copulatus archaeocyath sponge | |
Arrythmocricus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Pycnoidocyathus ? serratus archaeocyath sponge | |
Fenestrocyathus sp. Handfield 1971 archaeocyath sponge
Fenestrocyathus complexus Handfield 1971 archaeocyath sponge | |
Kechikacyathus natlaensis archaeocyath sponge | |
Gatagacyathus mansyi archaeocyath sponge | |
Sanarkocyathus plurimus archaeocyath sponge | |
Mackenziecyathus bukryi archaeocyath sponge | |
Sekwicyathus nahanniensis Handfield 1971 archaeocyath sponge
Yukonocyathus cf. francesi Handfield 1971 archaeocyath sponge | |
Cordilleracyathus keelensis archaeocyath sponge
Cordilleracyathus blussoni Handfield 1971 archaeocyath sponge | |
"Acanthopyrgus yukonensis" = Yukonensis yukonensis
"Acanthopyrgus yukonensis" = Yukonensis yukonensis Handfield 1967 archaeocyath sponge |