West of Bison Lake. White River Plateau (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Broken Rib Member, Dyer Fm., White River Plateau, CO

Where: Garfield County, Colorado (39.8° N, 107.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° S, 48.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus styriacus conodont zone, Broken Rib Member (Dyer Formation), Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. D. Webster, D. J. Hafley, D. B. Blake and A. Glass. 1999. Crinoids and Stelleroids (Echinodermata) from the Broken Rib Member, Dyer Formation (Late Devonian, Famennian) of the White River Plateau, Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 73(3):461-486 [A. Miller/A. Webber/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3544: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 04.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
"taxocrinid" indet.
"indet. sp. 1" - originally entered as "taxocrinid indet. sp. 1"
"taxocrinid" indet.
"indet. sp. 2" - originally entered as "taxocrinid indet. sp. 2"
Asteroidea
  -
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
"indet. A" - originally entered as "Asteroidea indet. A"
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
"indet. B" - originally entered as "Asteroidea indet. B"
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
"indet. C" - originally entered as "Asteroidea indet. C"
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
"indet. D" - originally entered as "Asteroidea indet. D"
 Hadrosida - Hudsonasteridae
Hudsonaster sp. Stürtz 1899 sea star
 Hadrosida -
Pleiadeaster inceptus Webster et al. 1999 sea star
Ophiuroidea
 Oegophiurida - Lapworthuridae
Ophiopolytretus aethus Webster et al. 1999 brittle star
Crinoidea
 Cladida -
Cladida indet. Sea lily
"indet. 2" - originally entered as "Cladida indet. 2"
Cladida indet. Sea lily
"indet. 1" - originally entered as "Cladida indet. 1"
 Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
? Hypselocrinus bisonensis Sea lily
originally entered as "Hypselocrinus? bisonensis"
 Dendrocrinida - Amabilicrinidae
? Gilmocrinus albus Sea lily
originally entered as "Gilmocrinus? albus"
 Dendrocrinida - Glossocrinidae
Blothrocrinus sp. Kirk 1940 Sea lily
? Catactocrinus torus Sea lily
originally entered as "Catactocrinus? torus"
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
? Eireocrinus coloradoensis Sea lily
originally entered as "Eireocrinus? coloradoensis"
 Poteriocrinina -
 Cyathocrinida - Cupressocrinitidae
Cupressocrinites sp. Goldfuss 1831 Sea lily
 Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Taxocrinus sp. Phillips 1843 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Strimplecrinus dyerensis Webster et al. 1999 Sea lily