Fox Trap, sample 11, Bangor Limestone, Colbert Co., Alabama (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Colbert County, Alabama (34.6° N, 87.6° W: paleocoordinates 16.6° S, 32.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bangor Limestone Formation, Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• Chesterian: assigned to the Brigantian by JA on 15.9.06 based on Waters pers. commun.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal wackestone

• fenestrate bryozoan wackestone

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, peel or thin section, sieve,

Primary reference: J. A. Waters. 1978. The Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Lower Bangor Limestone (Chesterian, Mississippian)in northwestern Alabama. 1-193 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 6804: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 17.03.2000

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Aphelacrinus sp.
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Platyzona sp.
Platyzona sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira sp.
Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp.
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Septopora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp., Archimedes sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora sp.
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson sp., Coeloconus sp.
Coeloconus sp. Ulrich 1889
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
 Productida -
Productida sp.
Productida sp. Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Torynifer sp.
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer leidyi
Anthracospirifer leidyi Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp.
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
Crinoidea
 Flexibilia -
Flexibilia indet.
 Cladida - Phanocrinidae
Phanocrinus sp.
Phanocrinus sp. Kirk 1937 Sea lily
 Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae
Cymbiocrinus sp., Armenocrinus sp.
Cymbiocrinus sp. Kirk 1944 Sea lily
Armenocrinus sp. Strimple and Horowitz 1971 Sea lily
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Ramulocrinus sp.
Ramulocrinus sp. Laudon and Parks 1952 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Pterotocrinus sp., Dichocrinus sp.
Pterotocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp.
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Acrocrinitidae
Acrocrinus sp.
Acrocrinus sp. Yandell 1855 Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Spiraculata - Pentremitidae
Pentremites sp.
Pentremites sp. Say 1820 blastoid
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Ophiuroidea
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Ophiuroidea indet.
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star