Where: Manitoba, Canada (51.7° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 22.4° S, 36.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Atrypa bremerensis Member (Dawson Bay Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: gray, yellow limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: H. McCammon. 1960. Fauna of the Manitoba Group in Manitoba. Province of Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources 59(6):1-80 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 6722: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 13.03.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Strophomenata | |
"Productella concentrica" = Chonetipustula concentrica
"Productella concentrica" = Chonetipustula concentrica Hall 1857 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Atrypa independensis, Atrypa snakensis n. sp., Atrypa manitobensis n. sp., Atrypa bremerensis, Spinatrypa mascula
Atrypa snakensis n. sp.
Atrypa manitobensis n. sp. | |
Cyrtina paucicostata n. sp.
Cyrtina hamiltonensis Hall 1857 | |
"Schizophoria iowensis" = Schizophoria (Schizophoria) iowensis
"Schizophoria iowensis" = Schizophoria (Schizophoria) iowensis Hall 1858 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Cyphotrypa whiteavesi n. sp.
Cyphotrypa whiteavesi n. sp. | |
Cephalopoda | |
Gastropoda | |
Bucanopsis sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
"Loxonema altivolvis" = Bensbergia altivolvis
"Loxonema altivolvis" = Bensbergia altivolvis Whiteaves 1892 snail | |
Buechelia tyrrelli Whiteaves 1892 snail | |
Mastigospira alata Whiteaves 1892 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam | |
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Trilobita | |
Proetus manitobensis n. sp.
Proetus manitobensis n. sp. McCammon 1960 trilobite | |
Anthozoa | |
Bethanyphyllum praecursor horn coral | |
Breviphyllum waskasense horn coral | |
Hexagonaria arctica horn coral
Kunthia ? petraioides horn coral | |
Tabulophyllum gallina n. sp.
Tabulophyllum gallina n. sp. horn coral | |
Favosites pachymuralis n. sp.
Favosites pachymuralis n. sp. tabulate coral | |
Thamnopora polyforata tabulate coral | |
Coenites hadrus n. sp.
Coenites hadrus n. sp. tabulate coral | |
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Ferestromatopora convergens n. sp.
Ferestromatopora convergens n. sp. stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anostylostroma bailliei n. sp.
Anostylostroma bailliei n. sp. stromatoporoid sponge | |
Stromatoporella sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge |