Barrel Spring section of Stauffer 1930 (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Inyo County, California (36.9° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° S, 74.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Vaughn Gulch Formation, Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, massive, gray, blue limestone

• Limestone, dark bluish, fairly massive, fossiliferous.

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 230235: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 26.05.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria striatula
Schizophoria striatula von Schlotheim 1813
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula cf. laeviuscula
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp.
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema eurekensis
Loxonema eurekensis Walcott 1884 snail
misspelled as "Loxonema eurekense"
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
"crinoid stems"
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet.
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
"fish spine"
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp., "Stromatopora hupschii" = Stromatopora huepschii
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
"Stromatopora hupschii" = Stromatopora huepschii Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp., Alveolites multilamella
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Alveolites multilamella Meek 1877 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp., Favosites hemispherica, Favosites basalticus, Favosites canadensis, Favosites radiciformis
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Favosites hemispherica Troost 1840 tabulate coral
Favosites basalticus Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Favosites canadensis Billings 1858 tabulate coral
Favosites radiciformis Rominger 1876 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora sp., Cladopora ? roemeri, Cladopora ? magna, Cladopora ? prolifica
Cladopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
Cladopora ? roemeri Billings 1860 tabulate coral
Cladopora ? magna Hall and Whitfield 1873 tabulate coral
Cladopora ? prolifica Hall and Whitfield 1873 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora cf. perelegans
Syringopora cf. perelegans Billings 1859 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp.
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Halliidae
Aulacophyllum sp.
Aulacophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae
Chonophyllum sp.
Chonophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phillipsastrea sp.
Phillipsastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 horn coral
 Stauriida - Acervulariidae
Acervularia ? profunda
Acervularia ? profunda Hall 1858 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Diphyphyllum sp., Diphyphyllum cf. bellis, Diphyphyllum fasciculum
Diphyphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1845 horn coral
Diphyphyllum cf. bellis Davis 1885 horn coral
Diphyphyllum fasciculum Meek 1877 horn coral
 Stauriida - Ptychophyllidae
Ptychophyllum infundibulum
Ptychophyllum infundibulum Meek 1877 horn coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp.
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Tabulophyllum sp.
Tabulophyllum sp. Fenton and Fenton 1924 horn coral