Where: Colbert County, Alabama (34.6° N, 87.6° W: paleocoordinates 16.6° S, 32.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bangor Limestone Formation, Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)
• Chesterian: assigned to the Brigantian by JA on 15.9.06 based on Waters pers. commun.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal packstone
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, peel or thin section, sieve,
Primary reference: J. A. Waters. 1978. The Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Lower Bangor Limestone (Chesterian, Mississippian)in northwestern Alabama. 1-193 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 6750: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.03.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Ramulocrinus sp. Laudon and Parks 1952 Sea lily | |
Trilobita | |
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite | |
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
Strophomenata | |
Diaphragmus sp. Girty 1910 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920 | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850 | |
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872 |