Rugosa of the Hay River Fmn, Member D, 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: D 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 40133: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Rugosa only
Anthozoa
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum sp. Walther 1928 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
"Medusaephyllum woodmani" = Pachyphyllum, Peneckiella sp., Macgeea proteus
"Medusaephyllum woodmani" = Pachyphyllum horn coral
Peneckiella sp. Soshkina 1939 horn coral
Macgeea proteus horn coral
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae