DFM5 zone brachiopods, western Canada (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as Zone of Cyrtiopsis normadvillana

Where: Alberta, Canada (60.0° N, 126.0° W: paleocoordinates 0.4° N, 40.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Famennian (370.6 - 364.7 Ma)

• Famennian; marginifera conodont zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; carbonate

• "Carbonate Succession" (with clastics in lower part)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. O. Raasch. 1988. Famennian faunal zones in western Canada. In N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass (eds.), Devonian of the World, Volume III. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Alberta, Canada 619-631 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35542: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 19.12.2003

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Paurorhynchus cf. cooperi
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Gastrodetoechia rugosa, Evanescirostrum seversoni
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Sinotectirostrum saxirubrum, Ptychomaletoechia sulculifera
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtiopsis normandvillana, Cyrtospirifer spp.
Cyrtospirifer spp. Nalivkin 1924
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina spp., Athyris angelica
Cleiothyridina spp. Buckman 1906
Athyris angelica Hall 1861
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris sp.
Syringothyris sp.
S. n. sp. (Raasch, unpubl.)
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes horaeus
 Productida - Productidae
Leioproductus spp.
 Productida - Sentosiidae
? Praewaagenoconcha sp.
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904