Southern Manitoba, Fisher Branch Dolomite, South of Narcisse (Silurian to of Canada)

Where: Manitoba, Canada (50.7° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 12.5° S, 52.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fisher Branch Dolomite Formation (Interlake Group), Telychian to Telychian (438.5 - 427.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: yellow dolomite

• Environmental call by T. Hanson.
• Pale yellowish orange medium-grained dolomite in beds about 2 inches thick.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. W. Stearn. 1956. Stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Interlake Group and Stonewall Formation of Southern Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 281:1-162 [S. Holland/T. Hanson/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26366: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 14.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Lyellia affinis
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Virgianidae
Virgiana decussata
Virgiana decussata Whiteaves 1891
 Pentamerida - Subrianidae
? Conchidium sp.
? Conchidium sp. Oehlert 1887
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Neozaphrentis manitobensis
 Favositida - Favositidae
Paleofavosites kirki, Favosites cf. niagarensis
Paleofavosites kirki tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon cf. striatellum
Clathrodictyon cf. striatellum stromatoporoid sponge