Mt. Tyrrell, 63 m, Banff Formation, Western Alberta: Tournaisian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Macropotamorhynchus insolitus
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2 specimens | ||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Prospira cf. albapinensis
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1 specimen | ||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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Hustedia circularis
(Miller 1892)
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2 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 51.7° North, 115.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 1.3° South, 42.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Early/Lower 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
Formation: | Banff | ||||
Local section: | Mt. Tyrrell | Local bed: | 63 m | ||
Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: upper Banff Formation |
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: | 67274 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-11-16 06:49:47 | Last modified: | 2006-11-16 08:49:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-11-16 06:49:43 |
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] |