Also known as Reef 3175
Where: Nunavut, Canada (74.8° N, 93.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.7° N, 31.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Barlow Inlet Formation, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)
• ~20 m above base of upper member of fm.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal lime mudstone and packstone
Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,
Primary reference: O. A. Dixon. 1998. Heliolitine corals of the topmost Douro and overlying formations (Upper Silurian), Canadian Arctic Islands. Journal of Paleontology 72(6):937-966 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5797: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 02.12.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Propora tubulata tabulate coral |