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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Tabulophyllum mcconnelli horn coral | |
Aristophyllum parvulum horn coral
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral | |
"Medusaephyllum nevadense" = Pachyphyllum, Macgeea proteus
"Medusaephyllum nevadense" = Pachyphyllum horn coral
Macgeea proteus horn coral | |
Charactophyllum sp. Simpson 1900 horn coral
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral |