GSC Loc# C-74171 (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (58.0° N, 112.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 38.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waterways Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• "lower upper Dev (above Slave Pt)"

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; argillaceous, calcareous limestone and lime mudstone

• "argillaceous micritic ls/calcareous mdst. fossils abraded. shallow, somewhat turbulent. calcareous algae in one sample"

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the GSC

Primary reference: A. W. Norris and T. T. Uyeno. 1981. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the lowermost Upper Devonian Slave Point Formation on Lake Claire and the Lower Upper Devonian Waterways Formation on Birch River, NW Alberta. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 334:1-53 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3409: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Mike Sommers on 31.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "A.W. Norris and T.T. Uyeno, 1981. Strat and Paleo of the lowermost Upper Dev Slave Point Fm. on Lake Claire and the Lower Upper Dev. Waterways Fm. on Birch River, NW Alberta. Geol. Surv. Can. Bull., 334, 53pp. "
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Gastropoda
 Streptoneura -
? Archaeogastropoda indet.
? Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
gastropod; small, spirally coiled - originally entered as "? Archaeogastropoda indet."
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Tecnocyrtina sp.
 Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
Allanella minutilla
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Eleutherokomma cf. impennis
Eleutherokomma cf. impennis
originally entered as "Eleutherokomma cf. impennis"
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp., Schizophoria cf. lata
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Schizophoria cf. lata Stainbrook 1940
originally entered as "Schizophoria cf. lata"
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Desquamatia sp., "Pseudatrypa cf. gigantea" = Pseudoatrypa, "Pseudatrypa sp." = Pseudoatrypa, Variatrypa clarkei, Spinatrypa sp.
Desquamatia sp. Alekseeva 1960
"Pseudatrypa cf. gigantea" = Pseudoatrypa
originally entered as "Pseudoatrypa cf. gigantea"
"Pseudatrypa sp." = Pseudoatrypa Copper 1973
originally entered as "Pseudoatrypa sp."
Variatrypa clarkei
subgn. Radiatrypa
Spinatrypa sp. Stainbrook 1951
subgn. Exatrypa, sp. A
 Rhynchonellida - Yunnanellidae
"Ladogiodes asmenista" = Ladogioides
"Ladogiodes asmenista" = Ladogioides
originally entered as "Ladogioides asmenista"
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Strophodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
subgenus Strophodonta, sp. A
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
cf. Saffordotaxis sp.
cf. Saffordotaxis sp. Bassler 1952
originally entered as "cf. Saffordotaxis sp."
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
circular echinoderm ossicle w/single axial channel
Algae
 Algae -
Algae indet.
Algae indet.
calcareous algae