GSC Loc# C-74177a: Frasnian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
circular echinoderm ossicle w/single axial channel
Gastropoda - Archaeogastropoda
? Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925
gastropod; small, spirally coiled - originally entered as "? Archaeogastropoda indet."
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
cf. Saffordotaxis sp. Bassler 1952
originally entered as "cf. Saffordotaxis sp."
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Yunnanellidae
Ladogiodes asmenista
originally entered as "Ladogioides asmenista"
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Desquamatia sp. Alekseeva 1960
Pseudatrypa sp. (Copper 1973)
originally entered as "Pseudoatrypa sp."
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Schizophoria cf. lata Stainbrook 1940
originally entered as "Schizophoria cf. lata"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Tecnocyrtina sp.
sp. A
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
Allanella minutilla
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Eleutherokomma cf. impennis
originally entered as "Eleutherokomma cf. impennis"
Eleutherokomma cf. jasperensis
originally entered as "Eleutherokomma cf. jasperensis"
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Devonoproductus cf. tertius
originally entered as "Devonoproductus cf. tertius"
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Eostrophalosia cf. pedderi
originally entered as "Eostrophalosia cf. pedderi"
Eostrophalosia sp. Stainbrook 1943
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Strophodonta sp. (Hall 1852)
subgenus Strophodonta, sp. A
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 58.0° North, 112.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.8° South, 38.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Late Devonian
Stage: Frasnian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 4
*Period:Early/Lower Devonian
Key time interval: Frasnian
Age range of interval: 382.7 - 372.2 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waterways
Local section:meters Local bed:Unit VI
Stratigraphy comments: "lower upper Dev (above Slave Pt)"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: argillaceous,calcareous "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lime mudstone
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: "argillaceous micritic ls/calcareous mdst. fossils abraded. shallow, somewhat turbulent. calcareous algae in one sample"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:GSC
Taxonomic list comments:"A.W. Norris and T.T. Uyeno, 1981. Strat and Paleo of the lowermost Upper Dev Slave Point Fm. on Lake Claire and the Lower Upper Dev. Waterways Fm. on Birch River, NW Alberta. Geol. Surv. Can. Bull., 334, 53pp. "
Metadata
Database number:3422
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-01-31 11:21:00 Last modified:2017-01-31 20:46:30
Access level:the public Released:1999-01-31 11:21:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
61501. A. W. Norris and T. T. Uyeno. 1981. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the lowermost Upper Devonian Slave Point Formation on Lake Claire and the Lower Upper Devonian Waterways Formation on Birch River, NW Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 334:1-53 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]