Rugosa of the Hay River Fmn, Member B, Kakisa Lake/Hay River area (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (61.0° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 37.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: B Member (Hay River Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• "Most of Member A of the Hay River Formation is in a shaly facies and does not bear rugose corals. The first corals to appear are very rare specimens...in limy interbeds near the top of the member. Corals first appear abundantly in member B..."

Primary reference: R. A. McLean and J. E. Sorauf. 1988. The distribution of rugose corals in Frasnian outcrop sequences of North America. 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 379-396 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40129: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Rugose corals only.
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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Tabulophyllum mcconnelli
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Aristophyllum parvulum, Disphyllum sp.
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
"Medusaephyllum nevadense" = Pachyphyllum, Macgeea proteus
"Medusaephyllum nevadense" = Pachyphyllum horn coral
Macgeea proteus horn coral
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Charactophyllum sp., Temnophyllum sp.
Charactophyllum sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral