Megalodon facies, Leduc Fm. (Devonian of Canada)
Where: Alberta, Canada (53.6° N, 113.5° W: paleocoordinates 12.5° S, 41.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Leduc Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• "U. Dev"
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; grainstone
• "fine-grained skeletal calcarenite; slopes <= 20 degrees. forereef (outer edge of reef complex); basinward of reef. 'Limited turbulence, moderate depth.' stable cratonic shelf. BA3"
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. E. Klovan. 1964. Facies analysis of the Redwater Reef Complex, Alberta, Canada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 12:1-100 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 657: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 06.04.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "Klovan, 1964"
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Crinoidea | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
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Schizophoria sp. King 1850 | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbinopsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |
Rostroconchia | |
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Hall 1883 oyster (= Leiopteria?) - originally entered as "Lioptera sp."
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"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida
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Anthozoa | |
Charactophyllum sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral | |
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral | |
Phacellophyllum sp. Gürich 1909 horn coral
Macgeea sp. Webster 1889 horn coral
Phillipsastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral | |
Tabulophyllum sp. Fenton and Fenton 1924 horn coral | |
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral | |
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral | |
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral | |
Syringoporella sp. Kettner 1934 tabulate coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge stromatoporoids other than Stachyodes, more than 1 spp.
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Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge |