Fox Trap, sample 23, 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-echinoderm 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 6831: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.03.2000

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
Phosphanulus sp., Aphelacrinus sp.
Blastoidea
 Spiraculata - Pentremitidae
Pentremites sp.
Pentremites sp. Say 1820 blastoid
 Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Diploblastus sp.
Diploblastus sp. Fay 1961 blastoid
Crinoidea
 Cladida - Eupachycrinidae
Eupachycrinus sp.
Eupachycrinus sp. Meek and Worthen 1865 Sea lily
 Cladida - Phanocrinidae
Phanocrinus sp.
Phanocrinus sp. Kirk 1937 Sea lily
 Flexibilia -
Flexibilia indet.
 Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae
Cymbiocrinus sp., Armenocrinus sp.
Cymbiocrinus sp. Kirk 1944 Sea lily
Armenocrinus sp. Strimple and Horowitz 1971 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Phacelocrinus sp.
Phacelocrinus sp. Kirk 1940 Sea lily
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Ramulocrinus sp.
Ramulocrinus sp. Laudon and Parks 1952 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Acrocrinitidae
Acrocrinus sp.
Acrocrinus sp. Yandell 1855 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp.
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Dichocrinus sp., Pterotocrinus sp.
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
Pterotocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten sp.
Acanthopecten sp. Girty 1903 scallop
[entered as Acanthopectin sp.]
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Patellilabia sp.
Patellilabia sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia Hall 1843 snail
P. (Orthonychia) sp.
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp.
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer leidyi
Anthracospirifer leidyi Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Torynifer sp.
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp., Cleiothyridina sp.
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Eumetria sp.
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp.
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
 Productida -
Productida sp.
Productida sp. Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp.
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp., Archimedes sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp., Septopora sp.
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson sp.
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Meekopora sp., Prismopora sp.
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora sp.
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp.
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentoididae
Zaphrentoides sp.
Zaphrentoides sp. Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral