Algae-Sponge biostrome, Sappington Fm. (unit E) (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Montana (46.0° N, 112.5° W: paleocoordinates 12.4° S, 46.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Palmatolepis expansa conodont zone, Unit E Member (Sappington Formation), Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• "local bed = unit E"

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; silty reef rocks and limestone

• "silty ls biostrome (oncolitic); silty fossiliferous ls. shallow water marine bank. cratonic shelf. BA3."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. C. Gutschick, L. J. Suttner, and M. J. Switek. 1962. Biostratigraphy of transitional Devonian-Mississippian Sappington Formation of Southwest Montana. Billings Geological Society: 13th Annual Field Conference Guidebook 79-89 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 643: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 06.04.1999

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Taxonomic list

• "Rodriguez and Gutschick (1967); Gutschick et al. 1962. Compare to Hickey and Younker 1981"
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Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Oxinoxisidae
Oxinoxis sp.
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
? Lituotuba sp., Ammodiscus sp., Tolypammina sp.
? Lituotuba sp. Rhumbler 1895
originally entered as "? Lituotuba sp."
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
3 species
 Ammodiscoidea - Saccamminidae
Saccammina sp., Thurammina sp.
Saccammina sp. Sars in Carpenter 1869
 Textulariina - Hyperamminidae
Hyperammina sp.
Hyperammina sp. Brady 1879
2 species
Hexactinellida
 Lyssacinosa - Malumispongiidae
Scaphiomanon sp.
Scaphiomanon sp. Gutschick and Perry 1959 glass sponge
2 species
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Neozaphrentis parasitica
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
crinoids
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
trilobites
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis kinderhookensis
Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites carbonarius
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella lens
Schuchertella lens White 1862
 Productida - Strophalosiidae
Leptalosia sp., Heteralosia beecheri
Leptalosia sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Heteralosia beecheri Rowley 1893
 Productida - Productellidae
Productella sp., ? Rhytiophora arcuatus
? Rhytiophora arcuatus
originally entered as "? Rhytiophora arcuatus"
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp.
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Syringothyris hannibalensis
 Athyridida - Meristidae
Camarophorella cf. buckleyi
Camarophorella cf. buckleyi
originally entered as "Camarophorella cf. buckleyi"
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp.
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
? Crurithyris minuta
? Crurithyris minuta
originally entered as "? Crurithyris minuta"
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris clarksvillensis
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella missouriensis
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria paraplicata
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Acanthocrania spinosa, "Crania rowleyi" = Philhedra rowleyi
"Crania rowleyi" = Philhedra rowleyi Gurley 1883
Stenolaemata
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet.
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
bryozoans (Fenestella)
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
nautiloids (orthoconic)
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
clam (small)
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail