Where: British Columbia, Canada (57.8° N, 125.4° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° N, 69.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Road River Group, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)
• upper Road River Group, 136-141 m above the base of the siltstone unit, latest Llandovery or Wenlock
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. K. Rigby, J. L. Nelson, and B. S. Norford. 1998. Silurian hexactinellid sponges from northern British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):202-220 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120526: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Demospongiae | |
|
Wareiella typicala Rigby and Harris 1979 demosponge | |
| Hexactinellida | |
Hexatractiella nevadensis, Hexatractiella pseudonevadensis n. sp., Gabelia ? pedunculus, Diagoniella sp., Protospongia conica
Hexatractiella nevadensis Rigby and Stuart 1988 glass sponge
Hexatractiella pseudonevadensis n. sp. Rigby et al. 1998 glass sponge
Gabelia ? pedunculus Rigby and Murphy 1983 glass sponge
Diagoniella sp. Rauff 1894 glass sponge
Protospongia conica Rigby and Harris 1979 glass sponge | |