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

Also known as Reef 1354

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: Arcs Member (Southesk Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• concentrations of transported reef fauna from patch reef environments

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 83549: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stictostroma maclareni
Stictostroma maclareni Stearn 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma "sp. A", Trupetostroma saintjeani, Trupetostroma kakisaense
Hermatostroma "sp. A" Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma saintjeani Stearn 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
Trupetostroma kakisaense Stearn 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora ramosa
Amphipora ramosa Phillips 1841 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora cygnea
Stromatopora cygnea Stearn 1963 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes spongiosa, Stachyodes jonelrayi
Stachyodes spongiosa stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes jonelrayi Stearn 1975 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae
Anostylostroma cf. bailliei, Anostylostroma phricum
Anostylostroma cf. bailliei stromatoporoid sponge
Anostylostroma phricum Stearn 1966 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Tienodictyidae
Hammatostroma albertense
Hammatostroma albertense Stearn 1961 stromatoporoid sponge