Southern Manitoba, Fisher Branch Dolomite, W. Prin. mer.: Silurian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Streptelasmatidae
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Virgianidae
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Virgiana decussata
(Whiteaves 1891)
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Manitoba |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 97.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.3° South, 94.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Silurian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 1-2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Silurian |
| Key time interval: | Silurian |
| Age range of interval: | 443.1 - 419.62 m.y. ago |
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Interlake | Formation: | Fisher Branch Dolomite |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow dolomite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Grayish yellow, fine- to medium-grained dolomite. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: Environmental call by T. Hanson. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 26420 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | T. Hanson |
| Modifier: | T. Hanson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-10-15 12:55:23 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-10-15 12:55:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7270. | C. W. Stearn. 1956. Stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Interlake Group and Stonewall Formation of Southern Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 281:1-162 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/P. Wagner] |