PBDB Collection

Brachiopods of the Upper Lochkovian of Royal Creek, Yukon (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as Vagrania-Thliborhynchia Community

Where: Yukon, Canada (65.0° N, 135.0° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° N, 43.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Road River Group, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)

• Late Lochkovian (90-140 m of section 1 and 195-250 m of section 2).

Environment/lithology: slope; carbonate and siliciclastic

• "Essentially the same as the older Spirigerina-Ancillotoechia Community discussed herein", to wit:

•"This community is everywhere typically found in deep water, basin-slope deposits. Debris flows are common, and gbraded beds may be present. A relatively deep and quiet water setting is proposed...Probably intergrades with the slightly shallower (BA 3) Atrypa-Gypidula community."

•SEP environmental call based on given info. and regional context

• Elsewhere (Lenz 1982, PBDB ref. 7001), this sequence is described as consisting of mixed basinal carbonates and clastics.

Collection methods: "Bulk faunal composition." Brachiopods are assigned to five abundance categories.

Primary reference: A. C. Lenz. 1999. Wenlockian to Pragian brachiopod communities of the northern Canadian Cordillera. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 784-792 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24932: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 23.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Talantella submurifer Talantella submurifer
Rhynchonellata
Pentamerida - Gypidulidae	? Sieberella sp., Gypidula sp., Gypidula thorsteinssoni, Gypidula cf. kayseri ? Sieberella sp. Oehlert 1887 Gypidula sp. Hall 1867 sp. 1 Gypidula thorsteinssoni Gypidula cf. kayseri
Pentamerida - Clorindidae	Clorinda sp. Clorinda sp. Barrande 1879
Protorthida - Skenidiidae	Skenidioides variabilis Skenidioides variabilis
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Dalejina sp. Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953 sp. 1
Orthida - Dalmanellidae	Resserella sp., Cortezorthis norfordi, Protocortezorthis aff. fornicatimcurvata Resserella sp. Bancroft 1928 sp. 2 Cortezorthis norfordi Protocortezorthis aff. fornicatimcurvata
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	Schizophoria sp., Schizophoria cf. paraprima Schizophoria sp. King 1850 sp. 1 Schizophoria cf. paraprima Johnson et al. 1973
Orthida - Draboviidae	Muriferella aff. masurskyi Muriferella aff. masurskyi Johnson and Talent 1967
Orthida - Hesperorthidae	Dolerorthis borealis, Dolerorthis sp. Dolerorthis borealis Dolerorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931 sp. 1
Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae	Ambocoelia cf. praecox, Plicoplasia acutiplicata Ambocoelia cf. praecox Plicoplasia acutiplicata
Spiriferida - Reticulariidae	? Reticulariopsis sp. ? Reticulariopsis sp.
Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae	Cyrtinaella sp., Cyrtina spp. Cyrtinaella sp. Cyrtina spp. Davidson 1858
Atrypida - Atrypinidae	Spirigerina supramarginalis, "Ogilviella rotunda" = Rhynchogilviella rotunda Spirigerina supramarginalis Khalfin 1948 "Ogilviella rotunda" = Rhynchogilviella rotunda Lenz 1968
Atrypida - Atrypidae	Atrypa aspiformis, Spinatrypina sp. Atrypa aspiformis Spinatrypina sp. Rzhonsnitskaya 1964 sp. 2
Atrypida - Punctatrypidae	Reticulatrypa norrisi, ? Reticulatrypa cf. granulifera Reticulatrypa norrisi ? Reticulatrypa cf. granulifera
Atrypida - Karpinskiidae	Toquimaella kayi Toquimaella kayi Johnson 1967
Atrypida - Glassiidae	Glassia sp. Glassia sp. Davidson 1881
Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae	Thliborhynchia pedderi, Thliborhynchia kerri, Machaeraria sp., "Machaeraria paraformosus" = Machaeraria paraformosa Thliborhynchia pedderi Thliborhynchia kerri Machaeraria sp. Cooper 1955 sp. 1 "Machaeraria paraformosus" = Machaeraria paraformosa Lenz 1977
Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae	Nymphorhynchia nympha, Ancillotoechia sp. Nymphorhynchia nympha Ancillotoechia sp. Havlicek 1959
Rhynchonellida - Innaechiidae	Decoropugnax sp. Decoropugnax sp.
Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae	"? Katunia postmodica" = Katuniella "? Katunia postmodica" = Katuniella
Rhynchonellida - Septalariidae	? Nemesa sp. ? Nemesa sp.
Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae	Linguopugnoides sp. Linguopugnoides sp. genus name in quotes
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Protathyris sp. Protathyris sp.
Athyridida - Nucleospiridae	Nucleospira laevigata, Nucleospira sp. Nucleospira laevigata Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae	? Mesodouvillina sp. ? Mesodouvillina sp. Williams 1950
Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae	Leptostrophia sp., Nervostrophia sp. Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 sp. 2 Nervostrophia sp.
Strophomenida - Douvillinidae	Cymostrophia cf. stephani, Phragmostrophia mucronatus Cymostrophia cf. stephani Phragmostrophia mucronatus
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	Leptagonia sp. Leptagonia sp. sp. 1
Strophomenida - Strophodontidae	? Pholidostrophia sp., ? Gorgostrophia sp. ? Pholidostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 ? Gorgostrophia sp.
Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae	Drahanostrophia sp. Drahanostrophia sp.
Orthotetida - Chilidiopsidae	"? Iridostrophia sp." = Iridistrophia "? Iridostrophia sp." = Iridistrophia Havlicek 1965