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 and wackestone
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 6755: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.03.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Stenolaemata | |
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850 | |
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
Craniata | |
Crania sp. Retzius 1781 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Anthracospirifer leidyi Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Composita sp. Brown 1849 | |
Strophomenata | |
Diaphragmus sp. Girty 1910 | |
Gastropoda | |
Eotrochus sp. Whitfield 1882 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop | |
Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
Crinoidea | |
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Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star |