1393 ft, Jackfish River Section, Mackenzie Mountains: Kinderhookian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathopsidae
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Caninia sp.
Michelin 1840
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Bothrophyllidae
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Caninophyllum sp.
Lewis 1929
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Hapsiphyllidae
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Neozaphrentis sp.
Grove 1935
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lithostrotionidae
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Diphyphyllum sp.
Lonsdale 1845
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
- Syringoporidae
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Syringopora cf. surcularia
Girty 1899
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Phillipsiidae
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Proetus loganensis
Hall and Whitfield 1868
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| recombined as Perexigupyge loganensis | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes illinoisensis
Worthen 1860
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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? Schuchertella sp.
Girty 1904
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Pulsiidae
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? Schellwienella sp.
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostus cf. arcuatus
(Hall 1858)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Marginirugus sp.
Sutton 1938
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Camarotoechiidae
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Camarotoechia allani
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Syringothyrididae
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Pseudosyrinx sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Punctospiriferidae
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Punctospirifer solidirostris
(White 1860)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Cleiothyridina lata
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Cleiothyridina obmaxima
(McChesney 1861)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer grimesi
Hall 1858
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Spirifer sp.
Sowerby 1818
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Spirifer cf. marionensis
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Spirifer striatiformis
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Spirifer rowleyi
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Spirifer centronatus
Shimer 1926
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| S. centronatus minnewankensis | ||||||||||
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Spirifer cascadensis
Warren 1927
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spinocyrtiidae
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Platyrachella rutherfordi
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Brachythyrididae
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Brachythyris cf. chouteauensis
(Weller 1909)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Torynifer cooperensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella missouriensis
(Swallow 1860)
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria sp.
King 1850
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| Schizophoria sp. undet. | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Sulcoreteporidae
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Sulcoretepora sp.
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Stenolaemata
- Rhabdomesida
- Rhomboporidae
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Rhombopora sp.
Meek 1872
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestrellina sp.
d'Orbigny 1849
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Bivalvia
- Grammysiidae
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Grammysia sp.
de Verneuil 1847
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Northwest Territories |
| Coordinates: | 61.1° North, 124.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.9° North, 37.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Kinderhookian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 351.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Besa River | ||||
| Local section: | Jackfish River | Local bed: | 1393 ft | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: This unit is 470 feet thick. The bed label is given as feet from the base of the section to the base of the unit containing this collection. PJW: Given Macrostrat, this is now the Besa River Formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | gray lithified calcareous "shale" |
| Lithology description: "Limestone, dark gray, interbedded with dark gray calcareous shales. Limestone beds a few inches to 10 feet thick, nodular and irregular. Crinoid columnals common." | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 62431 | ||
| Authorizer: | N. Heim | Enterer: | N. Heim |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-19 17:40:46 | Last modified: | 2023-02-27 11:26:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-19 17:40:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18037. | W. J. H. Patton. 1958. Mississippian succession in South Nahanni River area, Northwest Territories. Jurassic and Carboniferous of Western Canada 309-326 [N. Heim/N. Heim/N. Heim] |