Fort Good Hope, Stringocephalus zone: Givetian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea - Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Syringostroma sanduskyense
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Trupetostroma coalescens
Trupetostroma iowaense
Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma tyrrelli Nicholson 1891
Actinostroma aff. tyrrelli Nicholson 1891
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Northwest Territories
Coordinates: 66.3° North, 128.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.0° South, 35.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ramparts
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Stringocephalus burtini zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:84321
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-10-08 04:59:17 Last modified:2008-10-08 06:59:17
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28257. J. J. Galloway. 1960. Devonian stromatoporoids from the Lower Mackenzie Valley of Canada. Journal of Paleontology 34(4):620-636 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]