Anderson River, 330km east of Inuvik (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Northern Territories, Canada (68.2° N, 125.8° W: paleocoordinates 7.2° S, 33.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Bear Rock Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H.P. Schultze. 1968. Palaeoniscoidea-Schuppen aus dem Unterdevon Australiens und Kanadas und aus dem Mitteldevon Spitzbergens. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 16:343-368 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233061: authorized by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland, entered by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland on 11.01.2024

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Melanoacanthus minutus
CMN 51133 (holotype), CMN 51134 – CMN 51150, MB f. 7664 – MB f. 7677, thin section MB.Hi.13
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
Orthocypris sp. Kummerow 1953 ostracod
Cytherellina sp. Jones and Holl 1869 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Knoxitidae
Knoxiella sp. ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae
Carcinosoma sp. Claypole 1890 eurypterid
 Eurypterida - Erieopteridae
 Eurypterida - Drepanopteridae
Drepanopterus sp. Laurie 1892 eurypterid
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes -
 Dipnoi -
Melanognathus sp. Jarvik 1967 lungfish
 Dipnomorpha - Holoptychiidae
Nasogaluakus sp. Schultze 2000 lobe-finned fish
 Dipnomorpha -
Heimenia sp. Orvig 1969 lobe-finned fish