Loc. 36 of Merriam 1963, Perdido Canyon (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Inyo County, California (36.8° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 54.5° W)

When: Tin Mountain Formation, Early/Lower Mississippian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. W. Merriam. 1963. Geology of the Cerro Gordo mining district, Inyo County, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 408:1-83 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 226416: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 07.07.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
"crinoidal material"
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Productus sp.
Productus sp.
"small form"
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
"Orthothetes inflatus" = Schellwienella inflata
"Orthothetes inflatus" = Schellwienella inflata White and Whitfield 1862
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
"Schuchertella cf. chemungensis" = Floweria chemungensis
"Schuchertella cf. chemungensis" = Floweria chemungensis Conrad 1842
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes cf. loganensis" = Nix loganensis
"Chonetes cf. loganensis" = Nix loganensis Hall and Whitfield 1877
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyris "sp. A"
Brachythyris "sp. A" M'Coy 1844
"finely ribbed"
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer cf. centronatus, Spirifer cf. missouriensis
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus cf. utahensis, "? Straparollus cf. ophirensis" = Straparollus (Straparollus) ophirensis
Euomphalus cf. utahensis Hall and Whitfield 1877 snail
"? Straparollus cf. ophirensis" = Straparollus (Straparollus) ophirensis Hall and Whitfield 1877 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
"possibly two small species"
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
"? Triplophyllites sp." = Amplexizaphrentis
"? Triplophyllites sp." = Amplexizaphrentis Vaughan 1906 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ekvasophyllidae
Ekvasophyllum "n. sp."
Ekvasophyllum "n. sp." Parks 1951 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Caninia sp.
Caninia sp. Michelin 1840 horn coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp.
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp.
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral