Niggemann Quarry, Crawford, chaetetid reef mound (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3127

Where: Crawford County, Kansas (37.4° N, 94.9° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 30.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Higginsville Limestone Member (Fort Scott Formation), Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• Bed 4

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: D. R. Suchy and R. R. West. 2001. Chaetetid buildups in a Westphalian (Desmoinesian) cyclothem in southeastern Kansas. Palaios 16:425-443 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76171: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Globovalvulina sp.
Florideophyceae
 Cryptonemiales - Archaeolithophyllaceae
? Archaeolithophyllum sp.
Foraminifera
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Polytaxis sp.
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp.
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Fusulina sp.
Fusulina sp. Schellwien 1898
 Endothyroidea - Bradyinidae
Bradyina sp.
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyra sp.
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp.
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp.
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita subtilita, Composita ovata
Composita ovata Mather 1915
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia mormoni
Hustedia mormoni Marcou 1858
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
"Punctospirifer kentuckyensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis
"Punctospirifer kentuckyensis" = Punctospirifer kentuckensis Shumard 1855
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Chonetina flemingii
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
"Mesolobus mesolobus" = Chonetes mesoloba
"Mesolobus mesolobus" = Chonetes mesoloba Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida -
? Desmoinesia sp.
? Desmoinesia sp. Hoare 1960
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia crassa
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella striatocostata
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Prismopora sp.
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp.
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
? Michelinia sp.
? Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Multithecoporidae
Multithecopora sp.
Multithecopora sp. Yoh 1927 tabulate coral
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet.
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge