Cadomin, 29 m, Banff Formation, Western Alberta: Tournaisian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Punctospiriferidae
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Punctospirifer solidirostris
(White 1860)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Macropotamorhynchus insolitus
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 53.0° North, 117.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.2° North, 41.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Tournaisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 346.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 67265 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-11-16 06:09:31 | Last modified: | 2006-11-16 08:09:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-16 06:09:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19211. | J. L. Carter. 1987. Lower Carboniferous brachiopods from the Banff Formation of Western Alberta. Bulletin Geological Survey of Canada 378:1-183 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |