Gataga River, Muskwa Ranges (Cambrian of Canada)

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

• biohermal archaeocyath limestone lenses in shales

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

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Tabulaconida - Tabulaconidae
Archaeocyatha
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeosyconidae
Archaeosycon copulatus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Arrythmocricus sp. archaeocyath sponge
Pycnoidocyathus ? serratus archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Claruscoscinidae
Fenestrocyathus sp. Handfield 1971 archaeocyath sponge
Fenestrocyathus complexus Handfield 1971 archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Usloncyathidae
Kechikacyathus natlaensis archaeocyath sponge
 Archaeocyathida - Gatagacyathidae
Gatagacyathus mansyi archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Sanarkocyathidae
Sanarkocyathus plurimus archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmocyathidae
Mackenziecyathus bukryi archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Fallocyathidae
Sekwicyathus nahanniensis Handfield 1971 archaeocyath sponge
Yukonocyathus cf. francesi Handfield 1971 archaeocyath sponge
 Ajacicyathida - Ethmophyllidae
Cordilleracyathus keelensis archaeocyath sponge
Cordilleracyathus blussoni Handfield 1971 archaeocyath sponge
 Capsulocyathida - Fransuasaecyathidae
"Acanthopyrgus yukonensis" = Yukonensis yukonensis
"Acanthopyrgus yukonensis" = Yukonensis yukonensis Handfield 1967 archaeocyath sponge