List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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"Dentalium" sp.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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? Scolecodonta indet.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Tasmanites sp.
Newton 1875
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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cf. Tasmanites sp.
Newton 1875
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Crinoidea
- Cyathocrinida
- Gasterocomidae
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? Gasterocoma bicaula
Johnson and Lane 1969
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Schultzicrinus sp.
Springer 1911
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
- Polygnathidae
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Polygnathus linguiformis
Hinde 1879
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
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Ozarkodina sp.
Branson and Mehl 1933
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Conodonta
- Prioniodontida
- Acodontidae
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Acodus sp.
Pander 1856
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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? Acodus sp.
Pander 1856
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Conodonta
- Prioniodontida
- Icriodontidae
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Icriodus sp.
Branson and Mehl 1938
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Icriodus latericrescens
Branson and Mehl 1938
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Conodonta
- Panderodontida
- Panderodontidae
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Panderodus sp.
Ethington 1959
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Conodonta
- Belodellida
- Belodellidae
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Belodella sp.
Ethington 1959
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Tentaculita
- Nowakiida
- Nowakiidae
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Nowakia sp.
Gurich 1896
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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? Nowakia sp.
Gurich 1896
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rostroconchia
- Conocardiida
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Conocardium spp.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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= Conocardioidea spp.
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Wagner 2023 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet.
Cuvier 1797
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
- Orthoceratidae
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Michelinoceras sp.
Foerste 1932
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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? Michelinoceras sp.
Foerste 1932
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Bactritida
- Bactritidae
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Bactrites sp.
Sandberger 1843
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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? Bactrites sp.
Sandberger 1843
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Paracyclas sp.
Hall 1843
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
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Pentamerida indet.
Schuchert and Cooper 1931
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Clorindidae
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Pentamerella sp.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
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Spiriferida indet.
Waagen 1883
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Acrospiriferidae
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Costispirifer arenosus
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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"Costispirifer" sp.
Copper 1942
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Spinatrypa spp.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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? Atrypa sp.
Dalman 1828
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Atrypa spp.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Carinatinidae
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? Carinatina sp.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Rhynchospirinidae
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? Trematospira sp.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria sp.
King 1850
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Rhipidiothyrididae
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? Globithyris sp.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Centronellidae
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Amphigenia sp.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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? Amphigenia sp.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Amphigenia cf. elongata
(Vanuxem 1842)
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cranaenidae
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? Cranaena sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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? Leptaena sp.
Dalman 1828
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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? Chonetes sp.
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Strophodonta sp.
(Hall 1852)
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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? Megastrophia sp.
Caster 1939
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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"Schuchertella" sp.
Girty 1904
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Tentaculitida
- Tentaculitidae
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Tentaculites sp.
von Schlotheim 1820
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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Proetus cf. folliceps
Hall and Clarke 1888
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
| recombined as Coniproetus folliceps | ||||||||||
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Proetus sp.
Steininger 1831
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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? Proetus sp.
Steininger 1831
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Dechenella sp.
Kayser 1880
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Dalmanitidae
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Odontocephalus sp.
Conrad 1840
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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? Odontocephalus sp.
Conrad 1840
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Odontochile sp.
Hawle and Corda 1847
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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? Dalmanites sp.
Barrande 1852
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Phacopidae
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Phacops sp.
Emmrich 1839
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Reedops sp.
Richter and Richter 1925
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Cystiphyllida
- Cystiphyllidae
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Edaphophyllum sulcatum
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Cystiphylloides sp.
(Chapman 1893)
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Eridophyllidae
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Prismatophyllum subcinctum
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Acinophyllum davisi
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Acinophyllum cf. simcoense
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Acinophyllum cf. segregatum
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Zaphrentidae
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Heliophyllum sp.
Hall 1846
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Aemulophyllum exiguum
(Billings 1860)
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Disphyllidae
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"Billingsastraea" sp.
Grabau 1917
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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"Billingsastraea" cf. rugosa
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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"Billingsastraea" informal n. sp. A
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Hexagonaria cf. tabulata
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Acrophyllidae
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Acrophyllum sp.
Thomson and Nicholson 1876
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Scenophyllum cf. conigerum
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Amplexidae
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Heterophrentis sp.
Billings 1875
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Siphonophrentidae
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Siphonophrentis sp.
O'Connell 1914
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Stauriidae
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? Synaptophyllum sp.
Simpson 1900
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Pachyporidae
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Thamnopora sp.
Steininger 1831
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Micheliniidae
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Pleurodictyum sp.
Goldfuss 1829
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Emmonsia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Favosites informal sp. A
Lamarck 1816
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Favosites spp.
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Syringoporidae
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Syringopora informal sp. A
Goldfuss 1826
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Syringopora informal sp. B
Goldfuss 1826
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Syringopora informal sp. C
Goldfuss 1826
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Stromatoporoidea
- Stromatoporoidea
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Stromatoporoidea indet.
Nicholson and Murie 1878
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Stromatoporoidea
- Clathrodictyida
- Clathrodictyidae
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Clathrodictyon sp.
Nicholson and Murie 1878
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Stromatoporoidea
- Syringostromatida
- Stachyoditidae
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Stachyodes sp.
Bargatzky 1881
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Sanford and Norris 1975 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Ontario |
| Coordinates: | 51.5° North, 81.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.3° South, 24.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kwataboahegan | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Formation as a whole spans upper part of Lower Devonian and lower part of Middle Devonian. Conodonts from lower part of formation are Emsian. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | brown grainstone |
| Lithology description: Ref. 10859: "this unit consists of massive to thick bedded biohermal and biostromal limestones..." Ref. 10860: "in its type area consists mainly of medium to dark brown, medium calcarenitic, bituminous, massive to thick bedded, cliff-forming, extremely fossiliferous limestone, weathering light to medium grey. An occasional bed is very dolomitic... | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: interpreted as reefal/biostromal | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 2013 | ||
| Database number: | 40039 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Foote, P. Wagner | Enterer: | M. Foote, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-06-16 08:33:25 | Last modified: | 2018-11-21 19:49:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-06-16 08:33:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10859. | P. G. Telford. 1988. Devonian stratigraphy of the Moose River Basin, James Bay Lowland, Ontario, Canada. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume I 123-132 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 10860 | B. V. Sanford and A. W. Norris. 1975. Devonian stratigraphy of the Hudson Platform. Part I: stratigraphy and economic geology. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 379(1):1-124 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote] | |
| 9042 | P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |