Where: Alberta, Canada (50.5° N, 114.7° W: paleocoordinates 5.2° N, 40.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: 3 Member (Mount Head Formation), Meramecian (343.0 - 335.5 Ma)
• Unit 81 of Storm Creek Section (counting from the top). This unit is 45 feet thick.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone
Primary reference: G. O. Raasch. 1958. Upper Paleozoic sections at Highwood Pass, Alberta. Jurassic and Carboniferous of Western Canada 190-215 [N. Heim/N. Heim]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 62396: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Noel Heim on 19.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Anthozoa | |
Hapsiphyllum calcariforme horn coral | |
Blastoidea | |
Pentremites konincki blastoid
Pentremites cf. conoideus Hall 1856 blastoid | |
Crinoidea | |
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"cf. Platycrinus penicillus" = Platycrinites
"cf. Platycrinus penicillus" = Platycrinites Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
"Echinocrinus sp." = Archaeocidaris
"Echinocrinus sp." = Archaeocidaris M'Coy 1844 sea urchin | |
Edrioasteroidea | |
unclassified | |
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Ostracoda | |
Cavellina spergenensis ostracod
Cavellina savagei Geis 1932 ostracod
Cavellina glandella Whitfield 1882 ostracod | |
Jonesina oblonga ostracod | |
Paraparchites carbonarius, Paraparchites sp., Paraparchites inornatus, Paraparchites cyclopeus, ? Proparaparchites sp.
Paraparchites carbonarius ostracod
Paraparchites sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod
Paraparchites inornatus McCoy 1886 ostracod
Paraparchites cyclopeus Girty 1910 ostracod
? Proparaparchites sp. Cooper 1941 ostracod | |
Kirkbya sp. Jones 1859 ostracod | |
Glyptopleura cf. elegantis ostracod | |
Bythocypris norrisensis ostracod
Bythocypris truncata ostracod | |
Bairdia salemensis, Bairdia bedfordensis, Bairdia subaequalis, Bairdia permagna, "Bairdia compacta" = Cryptobairdia compacta
Bairdia salemensis ostracod
Bairdia bedfordensis ostracod
Bairdia subaequalis ostracod
Bairdia permagna Geis 1932 ostracod
"Bairdia compacta" = Cryptobairdia compacta Geis 1932 ostracod | |
Acratia cf. deloi ostracod | |
Pontocypris billingsana ostracod
Pontocypris coryelli ostracod | |
"Entomis sp." = Entomozoe
"Entomis sp." = Entomozoe Pribyl 1950 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
? Griffithides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920 | |
Composita trinuclea Hall 1856 | |
Spirifer pellaensis Weller 1914 | |
Strophomenata | |
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904 | |
Echinoconchus biseriatus Hall 1856 | |
Stenolaemata | |
"? Lioclema sp." = Leioclema
"? Lioclema sp." = Leioclema Ulrich 1882 | |
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Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
Polychaeta | |
Tergomya | |
Rostroconchia | |
"Conocardium cf. meekanum" = Kyoconocardium meekanum, "Conocardium cf. prattenianum" = Hoarepora prattenanum
"Conocardium cf. meekanum" = Kyoconocardium meekanum Hall 1856
"Conocardium cf. prattenianum" = Hoarepora prattenanum Hall 1856 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Cypricardella oblonga" = Edon oblonga
"Cypricardella oblonga" = Edon oblonga Hall 1856 clam | |
Nuculana nasuta pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Nucula spp., "Nucula shumardana" = Nuculopsis shumardana
Nucula spp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
"Nucula shumardana" = Nuculopsis shumardana Hall 1856 nut clam | |
Cimitaria sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
"Pleurophorus cf. subplanus" = Permophorus, "Pleurophorus spp." = Permophorus
"Pleurophorus cf. subplanus" = Permophorus clam
"Pleurophorus spp." = Permophorus Chavan 1954 clam | |
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam | |
Pecten (Pernopecten) sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
Pteria spergenensis pearl oyster | |
Pteronites sp. McCoy 1842 oyster | |
Myalina aff. keokuk clam | |
? Mytilarca sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Bellerophon sublaevis" = Bellerophon spergensis, "Bucanopsis textilis" = Retispira textilis
"Bellerophon sublaevis" = Bellerophon spergensis Gordon and Yochelson 1983 snail
"Bucanopsis textilis" = Retispira textilis Miller 1877 snail | |
? Microptychis sp., "Loxonema cf. yandellana" = Pseudozygopleura yandellana
? Microptychis sp. Longstaff 1912 snail
"Loxonema cf. yandellana" = Pseudozygopleura yandellana Hall 1856 snail | |
"Euomphalus spergenensis" = Straparollus spergenensis, "Euomphalus planorbiformis" = Straparollus planorbiformis
"Euomphalus spergenensis" = Straparollus spergenensis Hall 1856 snail
"Euomphalus planorbiformis" = Straparollus planorbiformis de Koninck 1881 snail | |
Anematina proutana Hall 1856 snail | |
Naticopsis carleyana Hall 1856 snail | |
Murchisonia vincta Hall 1856 snail | |
"Euconospira concava" = Eotrochus tenuimarginatus
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"? Shansiella meekana" = Dictyotomaria meekana
"? Shansiella meekana" = Dictyotomaria meekana Hall 1856 snail | |
Polyplacophora | |
""Chiton" cf. carbonarius" = Glaphurochiton carbonarius
""Chiton" cf. carbonarius" = Glaphurochiton carbonarius Stevens 1858 chiton |