Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (62.0° N, 121.0° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° S, 37.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Jean-Marie Member (Redknife Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal 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 40143: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Tabulophyllum spp. Fenton and Fenton 1924 horn coral
Smithiphyllum imperfectum horn coral
Smithiphyllum martinense horn coral
Smithiphyllum whittakeri horn coral | |
Mictophyllum sp. Lang and Smith 1939 horn coral | |
Pantophyllum camselli horn coral
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
Hexagonaria bassleri horn coral | |
Peneckiella sp., "Medusaephyllum nevadense" = Pachyphyllum, "Medusaephyllum sp." = Pachyphyllum, Macgeea telopea
Peneckiella sp. Soshkina 1939 horn coral
"Medusaephyllum nevadense" = Pachyphyllum horn coral
"Medusaephyllum sp." = Pachyphyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
Macgeea telopea horn coral |