Read Bay Fm., Somerset Bay, Arctic Canada: Pridoli, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Stromatoporoidea
- Stromatoporoidea
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Stromatoporoidea indet.
Nicholson and Murie 1878
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Favositidae
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Favosites sp.
Lamarck 1816
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Protathyris sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Machaerariidae
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Ferganella sp.
Nikiforova 1937
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchotrematidae
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Stegerhynchus sp.
(Foerste 1909)
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Gypidulidae
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Gypidula sp.
Hall 1867
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Delthyrididae
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Howellella sp.
Kozlowski 1946
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Septatrypidae
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Atrypella sp.
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Chilidiopsidae
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Fardenia sp.
Lamont 1935
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Hormotomidae
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? Hormotoma sp.
(Salter 1859)
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Encrinuridae
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Encrinurus sp.
Emmrich 1844
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Northwest Territories |
| Coordinates: | 73.3° North, 93.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.5° South, 31.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Silurian | Epoch: | Pridoli |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Silurian 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pridoli | ||
| Age range of interval: | 423 - 419.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Read Bay |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | peritidal |
| Geology comments: "rubbly [bioturbated?] argillaceous ls micritic ls, intraformational congl and shelly ls. BA? subtidal but assoc. w/interpreted intertidal flats" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:B. Jones and O.A. Dixon, 1976. Storm deposits in the Read Bay Fm (Upper Sil) Somerset Island Arctic Canada (an application of Markov chain analysis). J. Sed. Pet. 46:393-401" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 498 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Ju | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-12-17 15:30:46 | Last modified: | 2016-12-29 01:22:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-12-17 15:30:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60874. | B. Jones and O. A. Dixon. 1976. Storm deposits in the Read Bay Fm (Upper Silurian) Somerset Island Arctic Canada (an application of Markov chain analysis). Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 46:393-401 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |