Early Cambrian coral-like fossils from the Northern Cordillera of Western Canada

Tabulaconus kordeae, n. gen., n. sp., is a coral-like fossil found in the Sekwi Formation, Mackenzie Mountains, District of Mackenzie and the Atan Group, Cassiar Mountains, British Columbia. The species consists of small, conical shells with a layered external wall and abundant tabulae. It is placed...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Handfield, Robert C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Canada
British Columbia
Cassiar
Mackenzie mountains
Siberia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e69-074
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e69-074
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Summary:Tabulaconus kordeae, n. gen., n. sp., is a coral-like fossil found in the Sekwi Formation, Mackenzie Mountains, District of Mackenzie and the Atan Group, Cassiar Mountains, British Columbia. The species consists of small, conical shells with a layered external wall and abundant tabulae. It is placed in the family Gastroconidae, previously known only from Siberia. Associated Archaeocyatha and Trilobita prove its Early Cambrian age.

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