Also known as Zone of Eoparaphorhynchus lentiformis
Where: British Columbia, Canada (55.0° N, 120.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 5.5° S, 56.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Sassenach Formation, Early/Lower Famennian (376.1 - 370.6 Ma)
• Early Famennian; triangularis conodont zone.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. O. Raasch. 1988. Famennian faunal zones in western Canada. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Alberta, Canada 619-631 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35534: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.12.2003
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Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Athyris cf. angelicoides" = Crinisarina angelicoides
"Athyris cf. angelicoides" = Crinisarina angelicoides Merriam 1940 | |
Pugnoides sp. Weller 1910 | |
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Strophomenata | |
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Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830 |