Also known as Reef 1354
Where: Alberta, Canada (53.2° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° S, 43.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Peechee Member (Southesk Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: C. W. Stearn. 1975. Stromatoporoid assemblages, Ancient Wall Reef Complex (Devonian), Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 12:1631-1667 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83548: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Sphaerocodium | |
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890 | |
Renalcis | |
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932 | |
Hormogoneae | |
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 | |
Anthozoa | |
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral | |
Phillipsastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral | |
Smithiphyllum whittakeri horn coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stachyodes jonelrayi n. sp.
Stachyodes jonelrayi n. sp. Stearn 1975 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anostylostroma phricum Stearn 1966 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Taleastroma steleforme n. sp.
Taleastroma steleforme n. sp. Stearn 1975 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Stictostroma maclareni Stearn 1966 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Trupetostroma kakisaense Stearn 1966 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Vermiporella sp. Stolley 1893 | |
Litanaia sp. Maslov 1956 |