Where: Cochise County, Arizona (32.7° N, 109.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.4° S, 53.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Escabrosa limestone Formation, Early/Lower Mississippian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical, sieve,
Primary reference: R. L. Langenheim and R. C. Epis. 1957. Holothurian sclerites from the Mississippian Escabrosa limestone, Arizona. Micropaleontology 3(2):165-170 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 93776: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 02.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam | |
Strophomenata | |
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhipidomella thiemei White 1880 | |
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818 | |
Crurithyris sp. George 1931 | |
Holothuroidea | |
Rota martini Langenheim and Epis 1957 sea cucumber | |
Achistrum frizzelli Langenheim and Epis 1957 sea cucumber | |
"Thuroholia marginata" = Eocaudina marginata
"Thuroholia marginata" = Eocaudina marginata Langenheim and Epis 1957 sea cucumber |