Stromatoporoids from the allochthonous reef facies of the Stuart Bay Formation (Lower Devonian), Bathurst Island, arctic Canada

• Published in: Journal of Paleontology
• Main Author: Stearn, Colin W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
• Subjects: Paleontology; Arctic; Canada; Bathurst Island; Stuart Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000042529; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022336000042529

Fourteen taxa of stromatoporoids are described from allochthonous blocks of reefal limestone embedded in siltstones of late Gedinnian to Siegenian age. The fauna is a mixture of genera that characterize Ludlovian–Gedinnian rocks ( Actinodictyon, Parallelostroma, Syringostromella ) and those that cha...