Mountain Star, Sample 11, 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; shelly/skeletal wackestone

• fenestrate bryozoan 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 6759: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.03.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Aphelacrinus sp.
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
P. (Orthonychia) sp. and P. (Platyceras) sp.
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp.
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp.
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina sp.
Septimyalina sp. Newell 1942 clam
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Archimedes sp., Lyropora sp., Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora sp.
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp.
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp.
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Eumetria sp.
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer sp.
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Diaphragmus sp.
Diaphragmus sp. Girty 1910
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp.
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite
Cirripedia
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Cirripedia indet.
Edrioasteroidea
 Isorophida - Agelacrinitidae
Discocystis sp.
Discocystis sp. Gregory 1897
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp.
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
debris
Blastoidea
 Pentremitida - Pentremitidae
Pentremites sp.
Pentremites sp. Say 1820 blastoid
debris
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin