PBDB Collection

Lower Mackenzie River Valley, Hume Formation (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (65.6° N, 128.3° W: paleocoordinates 4.6° S, 36.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hume Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• nodular argillacoeus limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. A. McLean. 1997. Middle Devonian rugose coral faunas in northeastern British Columbia and District of Mackenzie, western Canada. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Seccion Geologica 92:289-300 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84256: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.10.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Rugosa - Charactophyllidae	Chostophyllum coniculus, Chostophyllum humense Chostophyllum coniculus horn coral Chostophyllum humense horn coral
Cystiphyllida - Digonophyllidae	Digonophyllum rectum, Digonophyllum powellense, Lekanophyllum ellipticum, Lekanophyllum mediale, Lekanophyllum andersonense, Lekanophyllum vescum Digonophyllum rectum horn coral Digonophyllum powellense horn coral Lekanophyllum ellipticum horn coral Lekanophyllum mediale horn coral Lekanophyllum andersonense horn coral subsp. andersonense and major Lekanophyllum vescum horn coral
Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae	Microplasma caespitosum, Microplasma hadron, Mackenziephyllum insolitum, Lythophyllum macrocystis, Lythophyllum pumilum, Zonophyllum petilum Microplasma caespitosum horn coral Microplasma hadron horn coral Mackenziephyllum insolitum horn coral Lythophyllum macrocystis horn coral Lythophyllum pumilum horn coral Zonophyllum petilum horn coral
Rugosa -	Agastophyllum sp. Agastophyllum sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Stringophyllidae	Stringophyllum sp., Sociophyllum glomerulatum Stringophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral Sociophyllum glomerulatum horn coral
Stauriida - Spongophyllidae	Tawuphyllum impeditum, Tawuphyllum praeclarum, Tawuphyllum sp. Tawuphyllum impeditum horn coral Tawuphyllum praeclarum horn coral Tawuphyllum sp. Pedder 1980 horn coral
Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae	Dohmophyllum grandicalyx, Dohmophyllum mutabile, Taimyrophyllum stirps, Taimyrophyllum vescibalteatum, Taimyrophyllum triadorum, Xystriphyllum hyperbolicum, Aphroidophyllum howelli, Aphroidophyllum meeki, Australophyllum hesperium, Grypophyllum sp., Redstonea sperabilis Dohmophyllum grandicalyx horn coral Dohmophyllum mutabile horn coral Taimyrophyllum stirps horn coral Taimyrophyllum vescibalteatum horn coral Taimyrophyllum triadorum horn coral Xystriphyllum hyperbolicum horn coral Aphroidophyllum howelli horn coral Aphroidophyllum meeki horn coral Australophyllum hesperium horn coral Grypophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral Redstonea sperabilis horn coral
Stauriida - Stauriidae	Dendrostella trigemme Dendrostella trigemme horn coral
Stauriida - Cyathophyllidae	Houershanophyllum mcfarlanei Houershanophyllum mcfarlanei horn coral
Stauriida - Hadrophyllidae	"Microcyclus" multiradiatus "Microcyclus" multiradiatus Meek 1868 horn coral
Stauriida - Disphyllidae	Radiastraea verrilli, Radiastraea tapetiformis, Radiastraea trichomisca, Radiastraea norrisi, Radiastraea sp., Exilifrons sp., Utaratuia laevigata, Utaratuia acupicta, Utaratuia sp. Radiastraea verrilli horn coral Radiastraea tapetiformis horn coral Radiastraea trichomisca horn coral Radiastraea norrisi horn coral Radiastraea sp. Stumm 1937 horn coral Exilifrons sp. Crickmay 1968 horn coral Utaratuia laevigata horn coral Utaratuia acupicta horn coral Utaratuia sp. Crickmay 1960 horn coral