Fox Trap, sample 37, 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, calcareous shale

• calcareous shale, very abundant fenestrate bryozoans

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 6848: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.03.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
 Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae
Cymbiocrinus sp. Kirk 1944 Sea lily
 Flexibilia -
Flexibilia indet. Sea lily
flexible debris
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
 Productida -
Productida sp. Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer leidyi Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Athyridida - Retziidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae