Kearsarge section, bed 10 (lower part) of Stauffer 1930 (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Inyo County, California (36.8° N, 118.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.8° S, 115.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Vaughn Gulch Formation, Silurian (443.1 - 419.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, massive, gray, blue, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous limestone

• Limestone, dark bluish gray, and beds of dark gray calcareous shale. The shale is rather compact and splits into thin plates. Some chert. Fossils more abundant in the massive beds.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by C. R. Stauffer; reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: C. R. Stauffer. 1930. The Devonian of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 19(4):81-118 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 229254: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 24.02.2023

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta)
"Stropheodonta sp." = Strophomena (Strophodonta) Hall 1852
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer nuda
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Pentamerella cf. arata
Pentamerella cf. arata Conrad 1841
as "Camarotoechia cf. arata" on p. 89, but Pentamerella cf. arata on p. 102
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp., Platyostoma sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Platyostoma sp. Conrad 1842 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Euomphalus hecale" = Straparollus hecale, Euomphalus sp.
"Euomphalus hecale" = Straparollus hecale Hall 1876 snail
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema ? ventricosa
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Loxonema prisca" = Mesocoelia priscum
"Loxonema prisca" = Mesocoelia priscum Münster 1840 snail
as "Loxonema priscum"
Bivalvia
 Cardiida -
Cardiida indet.
Cardiida indet. Ferussac 1822 clam
"? Quenstedtia sp."
 Ostreiformii -
Pectinida indet.
Pectinida indet. Gray 1854 scallop
"Aviculopecten sp."
Cephalopoda
 Oncocerida -
Gomphoceras sp.
Gomphoceras sp. Sowerby 1839
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
"crinoid stems"
Demospongiae
 Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Hindia sphaeroidalis
Hindia sphaeroidalis Duncan 1879 demosponge
Stromatoporoidea
  -
Stromatoporoidea indet.
Stromatoporoidea indet. Nicholson and Murie 1878 stromatoporoid sponge
"Stromatopora sp."
Anthozoa
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
Drymopora sp.
Drymopora sp. Davis 1885 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
"Heliolites porosa" = Heliolites porosus
"Heliolites porosa" = Heliolites porosus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp., Favosites clausus, Favosites ? nitella
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Favosites clausus Rominger 1876 tabulate coral
Favosites ? nitella Winchell 1866 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora sp.
Cladopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp., Syringopora hisingeri
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Syringopora hisingeri Billings 1858 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Tabulophyllum cf. hisingeri
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Diphyphyllum sp., Diphyphyllum stramineum
Diphyphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral
Diphyphyllum stramineum Billings 1860 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
Cystiphyllum vesiculosum
Cystiphyllum vesiculosum Goldfuss 1826 horn coral