Sunwapta Pass #1 (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (52.3° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 2.9° S, 43.1° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Banff Formation, Kinderhookian (358.9 - 352.0 Ma)

• Banff Fm. in this area in slightly over 2000 ft. thick. The main crinoid zone on the N flank of Nigel Peak lies within one of the shaly units ~1400 ft. above the base.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, black, gray, argillaceous limestone

• remarkably cyclic sequence of soft, gray, shaly limestone followed by a harder, gray to black, crinoidal scarp forming limestone.

Primary reference: L. R. Laudon, J. M. Parks, and A. C. Spreng. 1952. Mississippian crinoid fauna from the Banff Formation, Sunwapta Pass, Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 26(4):544-575 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8610: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 10.08.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Associated with the crinoid fauna is an abundant brachiopod, bryozoan, coral fauna of which the authors only listed "the more common elements." Unlisted fauna include "numerous zaphrentid and cyathophylloid corals on which no studies have been made, and large numbers of fenestrate bryozoans also not studied." Abundance data included for crinoids only, and not all of them at that.
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unclassified
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Platycrinties sp., Cliothyridina obmaxima, Cliothyridina incrassata, Cliothyridina sp., Blothocrinus aff. spartarius, Blothocrinus sp., Blothocrinitidae indet., Paraichthyocrinus seversoni n. sp.
Platycrinties sp.
sp. A, sp. B, sp. C
Cliothyridina sp.
said to be a n. sp.
Blothocrinitidae indet.
said to be a new genus
Paraichthyocrinus seversoni n. sp.
no abundance data
Crinoidea
 Cladida -
Goniocrinus angulatus n. sp.
Goniocrinus angulatus n. sp. Sea lily
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Decadocrinus brazeauensis n. sp., Ramulocrinus nigelensis n. gen. n. sp.
Ramulocrinus nigelensis n. gen. n. sp. Sea lily
no abundance data
 Poteriocrinina - Poteriocrinitidae
Poteriocrinitidae indet.
Poteriocrinitidae indet. Roemer 1851 Sea lily
listed as "Poteriocrinites sp." but Lane and Howell (1986) say no.
 Cyathocrinida - Barycrinidae
Pellecrinus sp.
Pellecrinus sp. Kirk 1929 Sea lily
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites sp.
Cyathocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
sp. A (no # spec.) and sp. B (2 spec.)
 Dendrocrinida - Aphelecrinidae
Cosmetocrinus sp.
Cosmetocrinus sp. Kirk 1941 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Pachylocrinidae
Pachylocrinus sp.
Pachylocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1879 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Mastigocrinidae
Cradeocrinus warreni n. sp., Cradeocrinus sp.
Cradeocrinus warreni n. sp. Sea lily
Cradeocrinus sp. Goldring 1923 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Staphylocrinidae
Hylodecrinus sp., Abrotocrinus sp., Dinotocrinus albertaensis n. sp.
Hylodecrinus sp. Kirk 1941 Sea lily
Abrotocrinus sp. Miller and Gurley 1890 Sea lily
no abundance data
Dinotocrinus albertaensis n. sp. Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Pelecocrinidae
Pelecocrinus banffensis n. sp., Pelecocrinus primordialis n. sp., Pelecocrinus sp.
Pelecocrinus banffensis n. sp. Sea lily
Pelecocrinus primordialis n. sp. Sea lily
Pelecocrinus sp. Kirk 1941 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Zeacrinitidae
Linocrinus faculensis n. sp.
Linocrinus faculensis n. sp. Sea lily
 Sagenocrinida - Nipterocrinidae
Nipterocrinus wachsmuthi
 Sagenocrinida - Sagenocrinitidae
Forbesiocrinus withersi n. sp.
Forbesiocrinus withersi n. sp. Sea lily
no abundance data
 Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Eutaxocrinus pulvinatus n. sp.
Eutaxocrinus pulvinatus n. sp. Sea lily
 Taxocrinida - Synerocrinidae
Onychocrinus sp.
Onychocrinus sp. Lyon and Cassidy 1860 Sea lily
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Rhodocrinites pantheri n. sp., Rhodocrinites cirrusi n. sp., Rhodocrinites brewsteri n. sp., Cribanocrinus wilsoni n. sp.
Rhodocrinites pantheri n. sp. Sea lily
no abundnace data
Rhodocrinites cirrusi n. sp. Sea lily
Rhodocrinites brewsteri n. sp. Sea lily
no abundance data
Cribanocrinus wilsoni n. sp. Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sunwaptaensis n. sp., Platycrinites decadactylus n. sp.
Platycrinites sunwaptaensis n. sp. Sea lily
no abundance data
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Dichocrinus bozemanensis, Dichocrinus sp.
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
no abundance data; sp. A, sp. B, sp. C, sp. D
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Aorocrinus banffensis n. sp., Aorocrinus sp., Aorocrinus iola, Eretmocrinus tentor
Aorocrinus banffensis n. sp. Sea lily
Aorocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
Aorocrinus iola Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Periechocrinidae
Athabascacrinus colemanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Athabascacrinus colemanensis n. gen. n. sp. Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Sunwaptacrinidae
Sunwaptacrinus brazeauensis n. gen. n. sp.
Sunwaptacrinus brazeauensis n. gen. n. sp. Sea lily
no abundance data
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Maligneocrinus medicinensis n. gen. n. sp., Cactocrinus imperator, Cactocrinus arnoldi, Cactocrinus sp., Cactocrinus kuenzii n. sp.
Maligneocrinus medicinensis n. gen. n. sp. Sea lily
no abundance data
Cactocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
sp. A and sp. B
Cactocrinus kuenzii n. sp. Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Metablastus sp.
Metablastus sp. Etheridge and Carpenter 1886 blastoid
 Spiraculata - Pentremitidae
Pentremites aff. sp., Pentremites cf. conoideus
Pentremites aff. sp. Say 1820 blastoid
said to be a n. sp related to P. elongatus
Pentremites cf. conoideus Hall 1856 blastoid
 Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
Cryptoblastus sp.
Cryptoblastus sp. Etherridge and Carpender 1886 blastoid
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus sp.
Dictyoclostus sp.
said to be a n. sp., b/w D. arcuatus and D. fernglenensis
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes multicostata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga
"Leptaena analoga" = Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella cf. alternata
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris sp.
Syringothyris sp.
said to be a n. sp. b/w S. hannibalensis and S. subcuspidatus
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella missouriensis
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia sp.
Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer biplicoides, Spirifer platynotus, Spirifer sp., Spirifer aff. rowleyi, Spirifer aff. forbesi
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
said to be a n. sp. b/w S. gregeri and S. rowleyi
Spirifer aff. rowleyi
said to be a n. sp. related to S. rowleyi
Spirifer aff. forbesi
said to be a n. sp. ancestral to S. forbesi
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris chouteauensis
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Delthyris solidirostris
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
"Delthyris missouriensis" = Tylothyris missouriensis
"Delthyris missouriensis" = Tylothyris missouriensis Weller 1906
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris sp., Composita aff. subquadrata
Athyris sp.
said to be a n. sp. b/w A. hannibalensis and A. lamellosa
Composita aff. subquadrata Hall 1858
said to be a n. sp. ancestral to C. subquadrata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856