West Shore, Cross Lake (Silurian of Canada)

Where: Manitoba, Canada (53.2° N, 99.5° W: paleocoordinates 10.5° S, 50.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cedar Lake Dolomite Formation (Interlake Group), Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)

• Undifferentiated beds.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: dolomite

• Environmental call by T. Hanson.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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 26729: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Tori Hanson on 25.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae
Clathrodictyon cf. striatellum
Clathrodictyon cf. striatellum stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Paleofavosites transiens
Paleofavosites transiens Stearn 1956 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Asthenophyllum sp.
Asthenophyllum sp. Grubbs 1939 horn coral
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Plectatrypa sp.
Plectatrypa sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1930
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia indianensis
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina manitobensis
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Brachyprion acanthopterus" = Megastrophia (Eomegastrophia) acanthoptera
"Brachyprion acanthopterus" = Megastrophia (Eomegastrophia) acanthoptera Whiteaves 1891
Trilobita
 Lichida - Lichidae
Arctinurus sp.
Arctinurus sp. Castelnau 1843 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus hypoleptrus
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Leperditia caeca