Where: Manitoba, Canada (52.1° N, 97.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 5.9° S, 113.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Cat Head Member (Red River Formation), Maysvillian (450.2 - 449.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified dolomite and lithified chert
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: J. K. Rigby. 1971. Sponges of the Ordovician Cat Head Member, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 202:35-79 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120497: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.11.2011, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Demospongiae | |
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Hudsonospongia irregularis Raymond and Okulitch 1940 demosponge
? Edriospongia basalis Ulrich and Everett 1889 demosponge
Aulocopella winnipegensis Rauff 1895 demosponge | |
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Patellispongia sp. Bassler 1927 demosponge
? Anthaspidella mammulata Ulrich and Everett 1890 demosponge | |
Trichospongiella hystrix n. gen.
Trichospongiella hystrix n. gen. Whiteaves 1897 demosponge | |
| Hexactinellida | |
Hydnodictya acantha n. gen. n. sp.
Hydnodictya acantha n. gen. n. sp. Rigby 1971 glass sponge | |
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Cyathophycus ? reticulatus Walcott 1879 glass sponge | |
Tiddalickia manitobensis n. sp.1
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Brachiospongia digitata Owen 1858 glass sponge | |
Pyruspongia camella n. sp., Pyruspongia ruga n. gen. n. sp.
Pyruspongia camella n. sp. Rigby 1971 glass sponge
Pyruspongia ruga n. gen. n. sp. Rigby 1971 glass sponge | |
| Scyphozoa | |
Metaconularia heymanni2, Conularia aff. elegantula2, Conularia porcella n. sp.2, Conularia ? splendida2
Conularia aff. elegantula2 jellyfish McBeth Point & west end of cliff just east of the point at Cat Head
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