ammonites
Mikkwa River (Devonian of Canada)

Also known as Reef 3852

Where: Alberta, Canada (58.4° N, 114.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.0° S, 38.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mikkwa Formation, Frasnian (383.7 - 376.1 Ma)

• lower member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• biostromal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: C. W. Stearn. 1966. Upper Devonian stromatoporoids from southern Northwest Territories and northern Alberta. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada 133:35-68 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84003: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.09.2008