Fox Trap, sample 32, 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 6845: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.03.2000

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Aphelacrinus sp.
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp.
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
 Productida -
Productida sp.
Productida sp. Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Eumetria sp.
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp., Cleiothyridina sp.
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer leidyi
Anthracospirifer leidyi Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Torynifer sp.
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp.
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Stenolaemata
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp.
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Pterotocrinus sp., Dichocrinus sp.
Pterotocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp.
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
 Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae
Cymbiocrinus sp.
Cymbiocrinus sp. Kirk 1944 Sea lily
 Cladida - Phanocrinidae
Phanocrinus sp.
Phanocrinus sp. Kirk 1937 Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Pentremitida - Pentremitidae
Pentremites sp.
Pentremites sp. Say 1820 blastoid
 Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Diploblastus sp.
Diploblastus sp. Fay 1961 blastoid
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin