Where: Alberta, Canada (51.3° N, 115.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.0° N, 33.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Spray River Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by J.A. McLennan in 1915
• Collected on the 21st of July, 1915 by Mr. J.A. McLennan, field assistant to Dr. E.M. Kindle
Primary reference: L. M. Lambe. 1916. Ganoid fishes from near Banff, Alberta. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Series 3 10:35-44 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122019: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Acrolepis laetus n. sp.
Acrolepis laetus n. sp. Lambe 1916 ray-finned fish |