Stooping River Formation composite fauna, Hudson Platform, Ontario (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (51.0° N, 81.5° W: paleocoordinates 30.5° S, 29.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Stooping River Formation, Early/Lower Devonian (419.2 - 393.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and dolomite

• Intertidal to shallow subtidal, representing establishment of fully marine conditions as result of Early Devonian transgression.

Primary reference: P. G. Telford. 1988. Devonian stratigraphy of the Moose River Basin, James Bay Lowland, Ontario, Canada. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume I 123-132 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40058: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.06.2004, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Prasinophytae
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Tasmanites sp.1 Newton 1875
cf. Tasmanites sp.1 Newton 1875
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet.1 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Stauriidae
? Synaptophyllum sp.1 Simpson 1900 horn coral
 Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae
Siphonophrentis sp.1 O'Connell 1914 horn coral
 Stauriida - Acrophyllidae
Acrophyllum sp.1 Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Heliophyllum sp.1 Hall 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Eridophyllidae
? Eridophyllum sp.1 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Stauriida - Halliidae
Aulacophyllum sp.1 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
Blothrophyllum sp.1 Billings 1859 horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites "sp. A"1 Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Favosites spp.1 Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Emmonsia sp.1 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum sp.1 Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.1 Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet.1 Cuvier 1797
 Bactritida - Bactritidae
? Bactrites sp.1 Sandberger 1843
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.1 Cuvier 1795 snail
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida -
Conocardioidea sp.2 Miller 1889
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia1
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia1 Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Lophophorata -
Tentaculitida indet.1 Ljaschenko 1955
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella spp.1 Girty 1904
 Strophomenida - Stropheodontidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Megastrophia sp.1 Caster 1939
? Megastrophia sp.1 Caster 1939
 Strophomenida - Eodevonariidae
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.1 Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.1 Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Douvillinidae indet.1 Caster 1939
Cymostrophia sp.1 Caster 1939
 Productida - Productellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
? Callipleura sp.1 Cooper 1942
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.1 Hall and Clarke 1893
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Dolerorthis sp.1 Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa sp.1 Stainbrook 1951
Atrypa spp.1 Dalman 1828
? Atrypa sp.1 Dalman 1828
Atrypa "reticularis"1 Linnaeus 1758
 Pentamerida -
Pentamerida indet.1 Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp.1 Davidson 1858
 Spiriferida -
Spiriferida indet.1 Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
? Ambocoelia sp.1 Hall 1860
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Elytha fimbriata" = Elita1
"Elytha fimbriata" = Elita1
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
Megakozlowskiella sp.1 Boucot 1957
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
? Mucrospirifer sp.1 Grabau 1931
 Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Fimbrispirifer sp.1 Cooper 1942
"Acrospirifer duodenaria" = Patriaspirifer duodenaria1 Hall 1843
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira sp.1 Hall 1863
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Terebratulida - Centronellidae
 Terebratulida - Rhipidiothyrididae
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
? Petrocrania sp.1 Raymond 1910
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.1 Ehrenberg 1831
Tentaculita
 Nowakiida - Nowakiidae
Nowakia sp.1 Gurich 1896
Viriatellina sp.1 Boucek 1964
 Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolina sp.1 Karpinsky 1884
 Styliolinida - Viriatellidae
Viriatella sp.1 Ljaschenko 1955
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.1 Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp.1 Steininger 1831 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites sp.1 Barrande 1852 trilobite
Synphoria cf. stemmata1 Clarke 1900 trilobite
listed as Symphoria
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
"Phacops cf. rana" = Eldredgeops rana1
"Phacops cf. rana" = Eldredgeops rana1 Green 1832 trilobite
unclassified
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Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Gasterocomidae
? Gasterocoma sp.1 Goldfuss 1839 Sea lily
Schultzicrinus sp.1 Springer 1911 Sea lily
? Schultzicrinus sp.1 Springer 1911 Sea lily
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.1 Lamarck 1801
Conodonta
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus sp.1 Ethington 1959 conodont
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
? Belodella sp.1 Ethington 1959 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus spp.1 Branson and Mehl 1938 conodont
Icriodus latericrescens1 Branson and Mehl 1938 conodont
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Acodina sp.1 Stauffer conodont