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Horn Plateau Reef, Northwest Territories, Canada

Lat/Long (Decimal)	62.1667,-117.833
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Northwest Territories, Canada
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Northwest Territories, Canada

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Horn Plateau Reef, N.W.T., Canada	Vopni L. K., Lerbekmo J. F. (1972)	Horn Plateau	Most likely early Givetian	"reef rocks"	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Tentaculitida order	Animalia : Lophotrochozoa : Tentaculitida	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Ostracoda class	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Dechenella sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : *Dechenella*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Atrypa sp. genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Atrypida : Atrypidae : *Atrypa*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Camarotoechia sp. genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Camarotoechiidae : *Camarotoechia*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Ambocoelia umbonata species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Ambocoelia : *Ambocoelia umbonata*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Cranaena sp. genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cranaenidae : *Cranaena*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Fenestrata order	Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrata	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Syringopora sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : *Syringopora*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Cystiphylloides sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Digonophyllidae : *Cystiphylloides*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Mesophyllum (Atelophyllum) sp. subgenus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Cystiphyllida : Digonophyllidae : Mesophyllum : *Mesophyllum (Atelophyllum)*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Alveolites sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Alveolitidae : *Alveolites*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Favosites sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositidae : *Favosites*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Thamnopora sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Pachyporidae : *Thamnopora*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Sinospongophyllum sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Chonophyllidae : *Sinospongophyllum*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Cyathophyllum sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Cyathophyllidae : *Cyathophyllum*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Disphyllum sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Phillipsastraeidae : *Disphyllum*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Hexagonaria sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Disphyllidae : *Hexagonaria*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Utaratuia sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Disphyllidae : *Utaratuia*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Australophyllum sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Ptenophyllidae : *Australophyllum*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Stringophyllum sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stringophyllidae : *Stringophyllum*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Crinoidea class	Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Leptodesma sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : *Leptodesma*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Mastigospira sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : *Mastigospira*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Straparollus sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : *Straparollus*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Platyceras sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : *Platyceras*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Ceratopea sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Raphistomatidae : *Ceratopea*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Conocardium sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : *Conocardium*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Chaetetes sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Chaetetidae : *Chaetetes*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Clathrocoilona sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Stromatoporellida : Stromatoporellidae : *Clathrocoilona*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Trupetostroma sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Stromatoporellida : Trupetostromatidae : *Trupetostroma*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Stromatopora sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Stromatoporoidea : Stromatoporida : Stromatoporidae : *Stromatopora*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Stachyodes sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Stachyoditidae : *Stachyodes*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian
Sphaerocodium sp. genus	Bacteria : Cyanobacteria : Cyanophyceae : *Sphaerocodium*	388.1 - 383.7 Ma Middle Devonian

References

Vopni L. K., Lerbekmo J. F. (1972) Sedimentology and ecology of the Horn Plateau Formation: A Middle Devonian coral reef, Northwest Territories, Canada, Geologische Rundschau 61, 626-646

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!

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