Royal Creek, Sec. 1: Pragian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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informal Carinatinid sp.
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| caranatinid genera | ||||||||||
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informal Orthotetaceid sp.
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| orthotetaceid gen. indet. | ||||||||||
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informal Triplesiid sp.
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| Triplesiid gen. indet. | ||||||||||
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Pterobranchia
- Graptoloidea
- Monograptidae
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Monograptus yukonensis n. sp.
Lenz and Jackson 1963
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Douvillinidae
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? Cymostrophia cf. costulata
(Barrande 1879)
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| recombined as Mesodouvillina (Protocymostrophia) costulata | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Parastrophinidae
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Anastrophia cf. magnifica
Kozlowski 1929
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Gypidulidae
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Sieberella cf. sieberi
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| Sieberella or Gypidula, cf. S. sieberi | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Cyrtinidae
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Cyrtina sp.
Davidson 1858
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Hesperorthidae
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cf. Dolerorthis sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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| dolerorthid gen. nov. cf. Dolerorthis | ||||||||||
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Ptychopleurella sp.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Isorthis sp.
Kozlowski 1929
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| Isorthis or Schizophoria | ||||||||||
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? Resserella cf. elegantuloides
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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cf. Ambocoelia praecox
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| ambocoeliid gen indet., cf. Ambocoelia praecox | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Spinatrypa sp.
Stainbrook 1951
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Atrypa aff. audax
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| Atrypa 'reticularis' aff. 'Atrypa' audax | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Machaerariidae
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? Latonotoechia sp.
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Yukon |
| Coordinates: | 64.8° North, 135.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.1° South, 41.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early/Lower Devonian |
| Stage: | Pragian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1 |
| *Period: | Middle Ordovician | *Epoch: | Caradocian |
| Key time interval: | Pragian | Graptolite zone: | Monograptus yukonensis |
| Age range of interval: | 410.80000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Road River | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Fossils occur through 200 feet of beds; uppermost part of Road River Formation. PJW: originally entered as Caradoc. However, Monograptus yukonensis is one of the latest graptolite zones in t | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: Environmental call by T. Hanson. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,replaced with carbon |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Collectors A. C. Lenz and O. Dixon, California Standard Company, 1962. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Yukon, Road River Formation, Royal Creek | ||
| Database number: | 25273 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | T. Hanson |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-09-05 22:05:05 | Last modified: | 2018-08-28 15:35:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-09-05 22:05:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7089. | D. E. Jackson and A. C. Lenz. 1963. A new species of Monograptus from the Road River Formation, Yukon. Palaeontology 6(4):751-753 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/T. Hanson] |