W Vendom Fiord, Ellesmere Island, section Vendom 1 (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (77.7° N, 83.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.4° S, 15.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Blue Fiord Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• lower member: gray limestone with dolostone interbeds and dark grayish-brown limestone with locally bioherms, upper member: greenish siltstone, calcareous siltstone and limestone interbeds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Prosh and C. W. Stearn. 1996. Stromatoporoids from the Emsian (Lower Devonian) of Arctic Canada. Bulletins of American Paleontology 109(349):1-65 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84223: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
? Trupetostroma sp.
? Trupetostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon ellesmerense
Clathrodictyon ellesmerense stromatoporoid sponge