Favositid community, Fossil Hill Fm., Manitoulin Island: Llandovery, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptychophyllidae
Ptychophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Entelophyllidae
Petrozium sp. Smith 1930
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Dinophyllum sp. Lindström 1882
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ketophyllidae
Heterolasma sp. Ehlers 1919
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Holmophyllidae
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
originally entered as "Foavosites sp."
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Proporidae
? Propora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
originally entered as "? Propora sp."
Stromatoporoidea - Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Syringostroma sp. Nicholson 1865
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon sp. Nicholson and Murie 1878
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Ontario
Coordinates: 45.8° North, 82.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.2° South, 98.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Llandovery
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 1
Key time interval: Llandovery Zone:  Cycle II, III
Age range of interval: 443.8 - 433.4 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fossil Hill
Stratigraphy comments: "Llandoverian (~C 2-3)"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray dolomite
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Geology comments: "thin to med bedded gray dolomite. shallow, unrestricted and mod-strong currents"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Copper, 1978"
Metadata
Database number:513
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-01-07 13:19:38 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-01-07 13:19:38
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
6608. P. Copper and D. J. Grawbarger. 1978. Paleoecological succession leading to a late Ordovician biostrome on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 15:1987-2005 [W. Kiessling/B. Bookhagen/P. Wagner]