Attawapiskat River, stromatoporoid-coral reefs: Telychian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Halyses sp.
Ulvophyceae
Vermiporella sp. Stolley 1893
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
Ludloviaceae
Epiphyton sp. Bornemann 1886
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Catenipora sp. Lamarck 1816
Halysites sp. von Waldheim 1813
Cystihalysites sp. Chernyshev 1941
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Subalveolites sp. Sokolov 1955
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringoporidae indet. Fromentel 1864
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Pycnostylidae
Pycnostylus sp. Whiteaves 1884
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Strombodes sp. Schweigger 1819
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae
Arachnophyllum sp. Dana 1846
Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1839
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Actinodictyidae
Ecclimadictyon sp. Nestor 1964
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon sp. Nicholson and Murie 1878
Stromatoporoidea - Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
Parallelostroma sp. Nestor 1966
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Brachyprion sp. Shaler 1865
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae
Fardenia sp. Lamont 1935
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Pentameridae
Pentameroides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Whitfieldella sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Ancillotoechia sp. Havlicek 1959
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
unclassified
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890
Cyanophyceae - Garwoodiaceae
Hedstroemia sp. Rothpletz 1913
Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Ontario
Coordinates: 52.9° North, 83.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.9° South, 45.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian Epoch:Llandovery
Stage:Telychian 10 m.y. bin:Silurian 1
Key time interval:Telychian
Age range of interval:438.50000 - 433.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Attawapiskat
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Lithology description: stromatoporoid-coral reefs
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 2253
Database number:77260
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-08 06:51:52 Last modified:2008-01-08 08:51:52
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 06:51:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26165. D. R. Suchy and C. W. Stearn. 1992. Lower Silurian reefs and post-reef beds of the Attawapiskat Formation, Hudson Bay Platform, northern Ontario. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(3):575-590 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]