Monteagle Ls., Weatherly Mountain Site, Madison Co., AL (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Madison County, Alabama (34.6° N, 86.6° W: paleocoordinates 17.0° S, 31.6° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monteagle Limestone Formation, Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• Upper Mississippian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and shale

• Fauna occurs on nodular limestone beds, and were probably smothered by overlying shales. Specific stratigraphic and sedimentological details are not given.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Some float specimens are part of previous collections housed at Indiana University (Cornell, Waters, Watts, and IU). In situ and additional float collections were carried out for this study.

Primary reference: A. S. Horowitz and J. A. Waters. 1972. A Mississippian Echinoderm Site in Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 46(5):660-665 [A. Miller/A. Webber/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2710: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 15.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• This list is a sum of specimens collected as float and in situ from the Weatherly Mountain site.
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Edrioasteroidea
 Isorophida - Agelacrinitidae
Discocystis sp.
Discocystis sp. Gregory 1897
Ophiuroidea
 Phrynophiurida - Onychasteridae
Onychaster sp.
Onychaster sp. Meek and Worthen 1868 brittle star
Crinoidea
 Disparida - Catillocrinidae
Allocatillocrinus sp.
Allocatillocrinus sp. Wanner 1937 Sea lily
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Decadocrinus sp.
Decadocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1879 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Staphylocrinidae
Dinotocrinus sp.
Dinotocrinus sp. Kirk 1941 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Aphelecrinidae
Aphelecrinus sp.
Aphelecrinus sp. Kirk 1944 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Stellarocrinidae
Rhopocrinus sp.
Rhopocrinus sp. Kirk 1942 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Zeacrinitidae
Linocrinus sp.
Linocrinus sp. Goldring 1939 Sea lily
 Cladida - Phanocrinidae
Phanocrinus sp.
Phanocrinus sp. Kirk 1937 Sea lily
 Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae
Cymbiocrinus sp., Armenocrinus sp.
Cymbiocrinus sp. Kirk 1944 Sea lily
Armenocrinus sp. Strimple and Horowitz 1971 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp., Camptocrinus sp.
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Batocrinus sp.
Batocrinus sp. Casseday 1854 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Dichocrinus sp.
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Acrocrinitidae
Acrocrinus sp.
Acrocrinus sp. Yandell 1855 Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Diploblastus sp.
Diploblastus sp. Fay 1961 blastoid
 Spiraculata - Pentremitidae
Pentremites sp.
Pentremites sp. Say 1820 blastoid
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Inflatia sp.
 Productida - Productellidae
Productus indet.
Productus indet.
originally entered as "Productus" indet."
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus sp.
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Schellwienella sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Torynifer sp.
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer sp.
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp., Cleiothyridina sp.
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Eumetria sp.
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp.
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
 Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
Girtyella sp.
Girtyella sp. Weller 1911
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp.
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
"indet. non-fenestellid" - originally entered as "Bryozoa indet. non-fenestellid"
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836