Mountain Star, Sample 7, Bangor Limestone, Colbert Co., Alabama (Carboniferous of the United States)

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; calcareous siltstone

• calcareous siltstone

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 6751: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.03.2000

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Aphelacrinus sp.
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp.
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
 Productida - Productellidae
Diaphragmus sp.
Diaphragmus sp. Girty 1910
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Eumetria sp.
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp.
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer increbescens
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp.
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Meekopora sp., Prismopora sp.
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora sp.
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson sp.
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp., Archimedes sp., Lyropora sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Eridopora sp., Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Platyzona sp.
Platyzona sp. Knight 1945 snail
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp.
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Acrocrinitidae
Acrocrinus sp.
Acrocrinus sp. Yandell 1855 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Dichocrinus sp.
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus columnals
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Ramulocrinus sp.
Ramulocrinus sp. Laudon and Parks 1952 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Agassizocrinidae
Agassizocrinus sp.
Agassizocrinus sp. Owen and Shumard 1852 Sea lily
 Cladida - Phanocrinidae
Phanocrinus sp.
Phanocrinus sp. Kirk 1937 Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Pentremitida - Pentremitidae
Pentremites sp.
Pentremites sp. Say 1820 blastoid
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
shark teeth