PBDB Collection

McBeth Point-Cat Head-Lynx Point, Lake Winnipeg (Ordovician of Canada)

Where: Manitoba, Canada (52.1° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° S, 57.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cat Head Member (Red River Formation), Maysvillian (450.2 - 449.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite and lithified chert

• cream-coloured finely crystalline dolomite, light grey dense chert

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: J. K. Rigby. 1971. Sponges of the Ordovician Cat Head Member, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 202:35-79 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120497: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.11.2011, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Scyphozoa
Conulariida - Conulariidae	Metaconularia heymanni², Conularia aff. elegantula², Conularia porcella n. sp.², Conularia ? splendida² Metaconularia heymanni² Foerste 1920 jellyfish eastern side of McBeth Point Conularia aff. elegantula² jellyfish McBeth Point & west end of cliff just east of the point at Cat Head Conularia porcella n. sp.² Robson and Young 2013 jellyfish Conularia ? splendida² Billings 1866 jellyfish Cat Head & McBeth Point
Hexactinellida
Reticulosa - Hintzespongiidae	Cyathophycus ? reticulatus Cyathophycus ? reticulatus Walcott 1879 glass sponge
Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae	Tiddalickia manitobensis n. sp.¹ Tiddalickia manitobensis n. sp.¹ Rigby and Leith 1989 glass sponge
Reticulosa - Hydnodictyidae	Hydnodictya acantha n. gen. n. sp. Hydnodictya acantha n. gen. n. sp. Rigby 1971 glass sponge
Lyssacinosa - Pyruspongiidae	Pyruspongia camella n. sp., Pyruspongia ruga n. gen. n. sp. Pyruspongia camella n. sp. Rigby 1971 glass sponge Pyruspongia ruga n. gen. n. sp. Rigby 1971 glass sponge
Lyssacinosa - Brachiospongiidae	Brachiospongia digitata Brachiospongia digitata Owen 1858 glass sponge
Demospongiae
Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae	? Anthaspidella mammulata, Patellispongia sp. ? Anthaspidella mammulata Ulrich and Everett 1890 demosponge Patellispongia sp. Bassler 1927 demosponge
Lithistida - Streptosolenidae	Hudsonospongia irregularis, Aulocopella winnipegensis, ? Edriospongia basalis Hudsonospongia irregularis Raymond and Okulitch 1940 demosponge Aulocopella winnipegensis Rauff 1895 demosponge ? Edriospongia basalis Ulrich and Everett 1889 demosponge
Protomonaxonida - Sollasellidae	Trichospongiella hystrix n. gen. Trichospongiella hystrix n. gen. Whiteaves 1897 demosponge

¹Rigby and Leith 1989; ²Robson and Young 2013