Ancient Wall Reef Complex, Mt. Haultain, lower Flume Member (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 1353

Where: Alberta, Canada (53.2° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° S, 43.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Flume Member (Cairn Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• lower 20-30 m of the Flume Member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• base of the reef complex with scattered biostromes

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: C. W. Stearn. 1975. Stromatoporoid assemblages, Ancient Wall Reef Complex (Devonian), Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 12:1631-1667 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83543: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Syringostromellidae
"Pseudoactinodictyon bullulosum" = Salairella bullulosa
"Pseudoactinodictyon bullulosum" = Salairella bullulosa Stearn 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Tienodictyidae
Hammatostroma albertense
Hammatostroma albertense Stearn 1961 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora ramosa
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stictostroma cf. jasperense
Stictostroma cf. jasperense Stearn 1975 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Trupetostroma lecomptei
Trupetostroma lecomptei Stearn 1961 stromatoporoid sponge