Bent Horn oilfield, Cameron Island, Nunavut (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 1505

Where: Nunavut, Canada (76.5° N, 104.0° W: paleocoordinates 4.5° S, 20.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• from the top of the carbonate unit referred to as either the Blue Fiord Formation or Unnamed Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: C. W. Stearn. 1998. Devonian stromatoporoid fauna of the Bent Horn oilfield, Cameron Island, Northwest Territories. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 35(1):16-22 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66955: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stromatoporella perannulata stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
Simplexodictyon vermiforme stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
sp. A
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Syringostromatidae
Parallelopora campbelli stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Syringostromellidae
Salairella prima Khromykh 1971 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Pseudotrupetostroma sp. Khalfina and Yavorsky 1971 stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora polaris stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora hensoni Prosh and Stearn 1996 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae
Gerronostroma septentrionalis Prosh and Stearn 1996 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Tienodictyidae
Pseudoactinodictyon cf. stearni stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae
Anostylostroma anfractum Prosh and Stearn 1996 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral