F.2-5, Ballerina Hill near Rubber Camp (Carboniferous of Belize)

Where: Belize (16.9° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 89.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santa Rosa Group, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)

• From the Macal Series. Black calcareous shale at a horizon 12 feet higher than F. 2.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black, calcareous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. G. Dixon. 1956. Geology of southern British Honduras, with notes on adjacent areas 109-85 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209333: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon cf. tenuistriatus Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten carboniferus Stevens 1858 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus wheeleri Swallow 1863 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Pleurophorus cf. tropidophorus" = Permophorus tropidophorus
"Pleurophorus cf. tropidophorus" = Permophorus tropidophorus Meek 1875 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
"Allorisma cf. terminale" = Wilkingia terminale
"Allorisma cf. terminale" = Wilkingia terminale Hall 1852 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Athyridida -
Athyridida indet. Boucot et al. 1964
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
? Eolyttonia sp. Frederiks 1924
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Chileata
 Dictyonellida - Isogrammidae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847