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Windy Point, Alberta, Canada
Formation | Windy Point |
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Age: | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian |
Interval | Givetian |
Lithology | carbonate |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 2 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Section 1: WF PPM | Alberta, Canada | Windy Point |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Slave Point | 388 - 359 Ma Devonian | grainstone, rudstone/packstone, "limestone", "carbonate" | 22 |
Waterways - Calumet | 388 - 372 Ma Devonian | mixed carbonate-siliciclastic | 11 |
Waterways - Firebag and Peace Point | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | limestone | 5 |
Waterways - Peace Point | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | mixed carbonate-siliciclastic | 18 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Hypothyridina sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Hypothyridinidae : Hypothyridina | 387.7 - 382.7 Ma Devonian |
Stringocephalus sp. genus | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Stringocephalidae : Stringocephalus | 387.7 - 382.7 Ma Devonian |
References
Day J., Uyeno T., et al (1996) Middle-Upper Devonian relative sea-level histories of central and western North America interior basins, Geological Society of America Special Paper 306, 259-275 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!