DFM1 zone brachiopods, western Canada: Early/Lower Famennian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Leioproductus sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtospiriferidae
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Cyrtospirifer portae
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Athyris angelicoides
Merriam 1940
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| recombined as Crinisarina angelicoides | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Leiorhynchidae
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Eoparaphorhynchus walcotti
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Sinotectirostrum medicinale
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| subsp. deceptum | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 53.0° North, 118.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.2° South, 43.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Famennian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Famennian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 372.20000 - 368.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sassenach | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Early Famennian; triangularis conodont zone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Lithology description: "predominantly clastic strata"; "Thick succession of Sassenach clastics" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Eoparaphorhynchus walcotti zone | ||
| Database number: | 35532 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote | Enterer: | M. Foote |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-12-19 12:46:38 | Last modified: | 2018-11-18 15:18:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-19 12:46:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9600. | G. O. Raasch. 1988. Famennian faunal zones in western Canada. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Alberta, Canada 619-631 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] |