PBDB Collection

Murray Island Formation composite fauna, Hudson Platform, Ontario (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (51.0° N, 81.5° W: paleocoordinates 30.3° S, 25.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Murray Island Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Late Eifelian based on conodonts.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; brown grainstone and argillaceous limestone

• open marine conditions

• ref. 10860: "at the type section...consists, in ascending order, of banded light and medium brown bituminous, extremely calcareous dolomite, 2.2 feet thick, containing abundant pebbles of the underlying Moose River Formation; overlain by light to medium brown, fine to very coarse grained calcarenites, thin to medium rubbly bedded, sparsely fossiliferous argillaceous limestone..."

Primary reference: P. G. Telford. 1988. Devonian stratigraphy of the Moose River Basin, James Bay Lowland, Ontario, Canada. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume I 123-132 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40040: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 16.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Deuteropoda
-	Ostracoda indet. Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Cephalopoda
-	Cephalopoda indet. Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Gastropoda
-	Gastropoda indet. Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
-	"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia "Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam

Lophophorata -	Tentaculitida indet. Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae	? Cyrtina ? hamiltonensis ? Cyrtina ? hamiltonensis Hall 1857
Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae	Ambocoelia umbonata Ambocoelia umbonata Conrad 1842
Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae	"Costispirifer" sp., Acrospirifer sp. "Costispirifer" sp. Copper 1942 Acrospirifer sp. Wedekind 1926
Atrypida - Atrypidae	Desquamatia cf. arctica, Desquamatia cf. aperanta, Desquamatia cf. perfimbriata, Spinatrypa cf. costata, Spinatrypa cf. ehlersi Desquamatia cf. arctica Desquamatia cf. aperanta Desquamatia cf. perfimbriata Spinatrypa cf. costata Spinatrypa cf. ehlersi
Terebratulida - Centronellidae	Amphigenia cf. elongata Amphigenia cf. elongata Vanuxem 1842
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Chonetidae	Chonetes cf. mucronatus Chonetes cf. mucronatus
Conodonta
Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae	Icriodus cf. cymbiformis, Icriodus nodosus Icriodus cf. cymbiformis conodont Icriodus nodosus conodont
Prioniodontida - Balognathidae	Synprioniodina sp. Synprioniodina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
Prioniodontida -	Hibbardella sp. Hibbardella sp. Bassler 1925 conodont
Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae	Scolopodus cf. devonicus Scolopodus cf. devonicus conodont
Ozarkodinida -	Ozarkodina sp. Ozarkodina sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae	Polygnathus angusticostatus, Polygnathus linguiformis Polygnathus angusticostatus Wittekindt 1966 conodont Polygnathus linguiformis Hinde 1879 conodont
Panderodontida - Panderodontidae	Panderodus sp. Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
Belodellida - Belodellidae	Coelocerodontus cf. triangularis Coelocerodontus cf. triangularis conodont
unclassified
-	Echinodermata indet. Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Anthozoa
-	Anthozoa indet. Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporoidea -	Stromatoporoidea indet. Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
unclassified
-	Plantae indet. Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866