Swan Hills reef complex (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 3821

Where: Alberta, Canada (54.9° N, 115.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° S, 41.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Swan Hills Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• units VI-IX (Frasnian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: N. R. Fischbuch. 1970. Devonian reef-building stromatoporoids from western Canada. Journal of Paleontology 44(6):1071-1084 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81595: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae
Atelodictyon stelliferum1 Stearn 1961 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora angusta2 stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora pervesiculata2 stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ramosa2 Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
Euryamphipora platyformis2 Klovan 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Trupetostroma cervimontanum stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma pseudopingue stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma mclearni stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma keratodendroides Fischbuch 1970 stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma cf. tenue Stearn 1961 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Parallelopora ponomarevi1 stromatoporoid sponge
? Syringostroma confertum stromatoporoid sponge
? Syringostroma costulatum stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes spongiosa stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes thomasclarki Stearn 1963 stromatoporoid sponge