PBDB Collection

Locality 2, 1.6 miles up from mouth of Red Deer River, on north bank. (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as With brine spring just behind and Hwy. 10 running behind the brine spring

Where: Manitoba, Canada (52.9° N, 101.1° W: paleocoordinates 21.0° S, 36.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus varcus conodont zone, Schizophoria iowensis Member (Dawson Bay Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray, yellow, argillaceous limestone

• limestone, argillaceous, dense, yellowish-grey, thin bedded

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. McCammon. 1960. Fauna of the Manitoba Group in Manitoba. Province of Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources 59(6):1-80 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 6719: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 13.03.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae	Emanuella richardsoni Emanuella richardsoni
Atrypida - Atrypidae	Atrypa bremerensis, Atrypa independensis, Atrypa manitobensis n. sp., Spinatrypa mascula Atrypa bremerensis Atrypa independensis Atrypa manitobensis n. sp. Spinatrypa mascula S. mascula and S. mascula manitobensis n. var.
Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae	Cyrtina hamiltonensis Cyrtina hamiltonensis Hall 1857
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	"Schizophoria iowensis" = Schizophoria (Schizophoria) iowensis "Schizophoria iowensis" = Schizophoria (Schizophoria) iowensis Hall 1858
Gastropoda
Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae	"Loxonema altivolvis" = Bensbergia altivolvis "Loxonema altivolvis" = Bensbergia altivolvis Whiteaves 1892 snail
Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae	Buechelia tyrrelli Buechelia tyrrelli Whiteaves 1892 snail
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana cf. rostellata Nuculana cf. rostellata Conrad 1841 pointed nut clam
Trilobita
Proetida - Proetidae	Proetus manitobensis n. sp. Proetus manitobensis n. sp. McCammon 1960 trilobite
Anthozoa
Stauriida - Bethanyphyllidae	Bethanyphyllum cf. praecursor, Bethanyphyllum praecursor Bethanyphyllum cf. praecursor horn coral Bethanyphyllum praecursor horn coral
Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae	Breviphyllum waskasense, Breviphyllum cf. richardsoni Breviphyllum waskasense horn coral Breviphyllum cf. richardsoni horn coral
Stauriida - Stereolasmatidae	Amplexiphyllum salinensis n. sp. Amplexiphyllum salinensis n. sp. horn coral
Stauriida - Disphyllidae	Ceratophyllum ? sp., Kunthia ? petraioides Ceratophyllum ? sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral Kunthia ? petraioides horn coral
Stauriida - Metriophyllidae	Buschophyllum minutum n. sp. Buschophyllum minutum n. sp. horn coral
Favositida - Pachyporidae	Thamnopora dumosa, Thamnopora cervicornis, Thamnopora polyforata, "Trachypora sp." = Thamnoptychia Thamnopora dumosa tabulate coral T. dumosa tabulata n. var. Thamnopora cervicornis tabulate coral Thamnopora polyforata tabulate coral "Trachypora sp." = Thamnoptychia Hall 1876 tabulate coral
Favositida - Alveolitidae	Alveolites multiperforatus Alveolites multiperforatus tabulate coral
Favositida - Coenitidae	Coenites hadrus n. sp. Coenites hadrus n. sp. tabulate coral
Auloporida - Aulocystidae	Aulocystis flabellata, Plexituba contexta Aulocystis flabellata tabulate coral Plexituba contexta tabulate coral
Auloporida - Auloporidae	Aulopora conferta Aulopora conferta tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporellida - Idiostromatidae	Idiostroma sp. Idiostroma sp. Winchell 1867 stromatoporoid sponge