Platte River northwest of Louisville (Stanton Fm., Sarpy Co., NE) (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Sarpy County, Nebraska (41.0° N, 96.2° W: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 27.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Eudora Shale Member (Stanton Formation), Missourian (306.0 - 303.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: J. M. Malinky and P. H. Heckel. 1998. Paleoecology and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray "core" (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennsylvanian cyclothems. Palaios 13(4):311-334 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Shumardella sp. Weller 1910
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetinella sp. Ramsbottom 1952
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite