Fox Trap, sample 15, 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 6807: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 17.03.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
 Cladida - Phanocrinidae
Phanocrinus sp. Kirk 1937 Sea lily
 Cladida - Eupachycrinidae
Eupachycrinus sp. Meek and Worthen 1865 Sea lily
 Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae
Armenocrinus sp. Strimple and Horowitz 1971 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Phacelocrinus sp. Kirk 1940 Sea lily
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Ramulocrinus sp. Laudon and Parks 1952 Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Diploblastus sp. Fay 1961 blastoid
 Pentremitida - Pentremitidae
Pentremites sp. Say 1820 blastoid
Ophiuroidea
  -
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Athyridida - Retziidae
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer leidyi Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Productida sp. Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Borestus sp. Thomas 1940 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras (Platyceras) sp. Conrad 1840 snail
P. (Platyceras) sp.
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930 snail
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite