Parkwood Formation, Faunal level 3, Franklin Co., Alabama (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as USGS Coll. 28486-PC

Where: Franklin County, Alabama (34.5° N, 87.8° W: paleocoordinates 12.6° S, 28.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sandia welleri and Plicochonetes arkansanus Brachiopod Zones zone, Parkwood Formation, Morrowan (318.1 - 314.6 Ma)

• Upper Mississippian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, bioturbated, calcareous sandstone

• "This area is near the southwestern shelf-margin of the East Warrior Platform."

Reposited in the USGS

• This is USGS coll. 28486-PC.

Primary reference: T. H. Henry, M., J.r. Gordon, S. P. Schweinfurth and W. H. Gillespie. 1985. Significance of the Goniatite Bilingulites eliasi and associated biotas, Parkwood Formation and Bangor Limestone, Northeastern Alabama. Journal of Paleontolgy 59(5):1138-1145 [A. Miller/A. Webber/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2854: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 21.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
? Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
originally entered as "Orbiculoidea? sp."
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina sp. Newell 1942 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
? Astartella sp. Hall 1858 clam
originally entered as "Astartella? sp."
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
? Amphiscapha sp. Knight 1942 snail
originally entered as "Amphiscapha? sp."
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail