Platyrachella rutherfordi zone (Carboniferous of Canada)
Where: Alberta, Canada (57.0° N, 120.0° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° N, 40.3° W)
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Banff Formation), Kinderhookian (358.9 - 352.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous, calcareous limestone and shale
• 600 ft of interbedded shaly limestone and calcareous shale.
Primary reference: S. J. Nelson. 1961. Mississippian faunas of western Canada. Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 2:1-39 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 8141: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 22.06.2000
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Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
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Lithostrotion jasperensis horn coral | |
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Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Syringopora harveyi tabulate coral
Syringopora surcularia Girty 1899 tabulate coral | |
| Strophomenata | |
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Linoproductus ovatus Hall 1858 | |
"Productella cf. pyxidata" = Orbinaria pyxidata
"Productella cf. pyxidata" = Orbinaria pyxidata Hall 1858 | |
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Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830 | |
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Spirifer albertensis Warren 1932 | |
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Martinia rostrata Girty 1899 | |
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Punctospirifer solidirostris White 1860 | |
"Dielasma chouteauensis" = Beecheria chouteauensis
"Dielasma chouteauensis" = Beecheria chouteauensis Weller 1914 | |