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