Mt. Buchanan, British Columbia: Frasnian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea - Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 53.9° North, 120.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.9° South, 59.5° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Late Devonian
Stage: Frasnian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 4
Key time interval: Frasnian
Age range of interval: 382.31 - 372.15 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Flume
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: 112 m high
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: isolated stratified stromatoporoid-amphiporid biostrome
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1911
Database number:76884
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:F. Reichel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-12-07 01:13:03 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:group members Released:2009-12-07 01:13:03
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

25864. P. F. Moore. 1989. Devonian Reefs in Canada and some Adjacent Area. In H.H.J. Geldsetzer, N.P. James, G.E. Tebbutt (eds.), Reefs, Canada and Adjacent Area 13:367-390 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/M. Uhen]