Truro Island, reef knolls (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 3872

Where: Nunavut, Canada (75.3° N, 97.2° W: paleocoordinates 9.5° S, 20.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Disappointment Bay Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• reef knolls

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 84230: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
Habrostroma proxilaminatum
Habrostroma proxilaminatum stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon ellesmerense
Clathrodictyon ellesmerense stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Syringostromellidae
Salairella prima
Salairella prima Khromykh 1971 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora polaris
Stromatopora polaris stromatoporoid sponge