PBDB Collection

Cobblestone Creek, 75 m, Banff Formation, Western Alberta (Carboniferous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (53.1° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.6° N, 41.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Banff Formation, Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• upper Banff Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. L. Carter. 1987. Lower Carboniferous brachiopods from the Banff Formation of Western Alberta. Bulletin Geological Survey of Canada 378:1-183 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67245: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae	Shumardella pygmaea Shumardella pygmaea
Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae	Hemiplethorhynchus snaringensis, Macropotamorhynchus insolitus Hemiplethorhynchus snaringensis Macropotamorhynchus insolitus
Spiriferida - Elythidae	Torynifer eufastigium Torynifer eufastigium
Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae	Crurithyris cf. laevicula Crurithyris cf. laevicula
Spiriferida - Spiriferidae	Spirifer esplanadensis, Spirifer cascadensis, ? Podtsheremia albertensis, Unispirifer greenockensis, Prospira cf. albapinensis Spirifer esplanadensis Spirifer cascadensis Warren 1927 ? Podtsheremia albertensis Unispirifer greenockensis Prospira cf. albapinensis
Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae	Calvustrigis rutherfordi Calvustrigis rutherfordi
Spiriferida - Martiniidae	Eomartiniopsis rostrata Eomartiniopsis rostrata
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Cleiothyridina lata, Pseudopentagonia cf. injensis, Composita immatura, Composita prolixa Cleiothyridina lata Pseudopentagonia cf. injensis Composita immatura Composita prolixa
Athyridida - Retziidae	Eumetria osagensis Eumetria osagensis
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	Schizophoria cf. poststriatula Schizophoria cf. poststriatula Weller 1914
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae	Rugosochonetes cf. loganensis Rugosochonetes cf. loganensis
Productida - Overtoniidae	Overtoniidae indet. Overtoniidae indet. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 indet. B
Productida - Productellidae	? Avonia beckerensis ? Avonia beckerensis
Productida - Productidae	Setigerites jasperensis, Piloricilla desmetensis, Spinocarinifera (Spinocarinifera) copiosa Setigerites jasperensis Piloricilla desmetensis Spinocarinifera (Spinocarinifera) copiosa
Productida - Monticuliferidae	Ovatia prolata Ovatia prolata
Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae	Streptorhynchus sp. Streptorhynchus sp. King 1850
Orthotetida - Pulsiidae	Schellwienella cf. bushbergensis Schellwienella cf. bushbergensis