Rugosa of Redknife Fmn, upper member, Liard River/Bouvier River area, NWT (Devonian of Canada)

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: upper Member (Redknife Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale and argillaceous, sandy limestone

• "...a sequence of mainly calcareous beds assigned to the Redknife Formation. The lower member...the Jean-Marie Member, is a thin (2-12 m thick in outcrop), richly fossiliferous bioclastic limestone bearing a diverse rugosan assemblage...The unnamed upper member...is a recessive unit comprising calcareous shales with thin interbeds of more resistant argillaceous and sandy limestones..."

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 40144: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 18.06.2004, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

• Rugosa only
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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Smithiphyllum imperfectum
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Pantophyllum camselli, Hexagonaria bassleri, Disphyllum catenatum
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Macgeea pustulosa, "Pachyphyllum sp." = Pachyphyllum, "Medusaephyllum cf. variabile" = Pachyphyllum
Macgeea pustulosa McLean 2005 horn coral
"Pachyphyllum sp." = Pachyphyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
"Medusaephyllum cf. variabile" = Pachyphyllum horn coral