Baumann Fiord, Ellesmere Island, pinnacle reefs (Silurian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 1846

Where: Nunavut, Canada (77.5° N, 84.5° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° N, 29.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• phase one reefs

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• 4 pinnacle reefs, 300-400 m thick and 300-1000 m wide, coral-microbial boundstones from reef core, "algal" rudstone from reef slope

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. A. de Freitas, O. A. Dixon, and U. Mayr. 1993. Silurian pinnacle reefs of the Canadian Arctic. Palaios 8:172-182 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79384: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp.
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Rhabdoporella sp.
Rhabdoporella sp. Stolley 1893
Anthozoa
 Tabulata -
Tabulata indet.
Tabulata indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
Demospongiae
 Lithistida -
Lithistida indet.
 Tabulospongida -
Pseudochaetetes sp.
Pseudochaetetes sp. Peterhans 1929 demosponge
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp.
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Sphaerocodium
  -
Sphaerocodium sp.
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Hedstroemia sp.
Hedstroemia sp. Rothpletz 1913