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Road River - Skoki, Alberta, Canada

GroupRoad River
FormationSkoki
Member(s)Sikanni Chief
Age:472 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
IntervalRangerian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences1

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
GSC 56051Alberta, CanadaRoad River - Skoki - Sikanni Chief
GSC 56110. Northeast of and overlooking Owl LakeAlberta, CanadaRoad River - Skoki - Sikanni Chief

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
McKay - Survey Peak - Basal Silty501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
sandstone, dolomite, "limestone"29
Road River - Skoki - Sikanni Chief472 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
limestone3

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Palliseria robusta
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Macluritidae : Palliseria : Palliseria robusta471.8 - 468.1 Ma
Ordovician
Barnesella lecanospiroides
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ophiletidae : Lecanospira : Barnesella lecanospiroides471.8 - 468.1 Ma
Ordovician
Malayaspira rugosa
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ophiletidae : Malayaspira : Malayaspira rugosa471.8 - 468.1 Ma
Ordovician

References

Yochelson E. L. (1957) Notes on the gastropod Palliseria robusta Wilson, Journal of Paleontology 31 3, 648-650
Rohr D. M., Norford B.S., et al (1995) Stratigraphically significant Early and Middle Ordovician gastropod occurrences, Western and Northwestern Canada, Journal of Paleontology 69 6, 1047-1053
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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