Where: Fergus County, Montana (45.7° N, 112.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.0° N, 37.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bear Gulch Member (Heath Formation), Arnsbergian (327.0 - 323.7 Ma)
• "Namurian E2b" (E2 = Arnsbergian)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, concretionary limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, concretion, soft parts
Reposited in the ROM
Primary reference: K. A. Lowney. 1980. Certain Bear Gulch (Namurian A, Montana) Acinopterygii (Osteichthyes) and a reevaluation of the evolution of the Paleozoic actinopterygians. [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 227061: authorized by Emma Dunne, entered by Sophie Fasey on 26.08.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
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Fubarichthys brevis Lowney 1980
Fubarichthys copiosus Lowney 1980 | |
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Actinopteri | |
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