Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (63.0° N, 124.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 37.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Imperial Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
• Unnamed limestone in the basal Imperial Formation.
• 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 40278: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 21.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Piceaphyllum sp. Rozkowska 1980 horn coral | |
Peneckiella sp., Macgeea telopea, "Medusaephyllum nevadense" = Pachyphyllum, "Medusaephyllum woodmani" = Pachyphyllum, "Medusaephyllum sp." = Pachyphyllum, "Phillipsastraea sp." = Phillipsastrea
Peneckiella sp. Soshkina 1939 horn coral
Macgeea telopea horn coral
"Medusaephyllum nevadense" = Pachyphyllum horn coral
"Medusaephyllum woodmani" = Pachyphyllum horn coral
"Medusaephyllum sp." = Pachyphyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
"Phillipsastraea sp." = Phillipsastrea d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral | |
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Hexagonaria bassleri horn coral | |
Parasmithiphyllum faviforme, Smithiphyllum occidentale, Smithiphyllum carlsonense, Smithiphyllum humei
Parasmithiphyllum faviforme McLean and Pedder 1984 horn coral
Smithiphyllum occidentale horn coral
Smithiphyllum carlsonense McLean and Pedder 1987 horn coral
Smithiphyllum humei McLean and Pedder 1987 horn coral | |
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Fedorowskicyathus radicensis McLean and Pedder 1984 horn coral | |