MV 7101, Buchek Quarry, Bear Gulch: Arnsbergian, Montana
collected by Melton
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Fubarichthyiformes
- Fubarichthyidae
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Yogoniscus gulo
Lowney 1980
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Lowney 1980 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes | ||||||||||
| UMVP 3815 | ||||||||||
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Fubarichthys sp.
Lowney 1980
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Henderson et al. 2023 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes | ||||||||||
| UMVP 7785 | ||||||||||
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Fubarichthys copiosus
Lowney 1980
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Lowney 1980 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes | ||||||||||
| UMVP 3817, 3819, 7784 | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Rhadinichthyidae
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Wendyichthys n. gen. dicksoni
Lund and Poplin 1997
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Lund and Poplin 1997 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| MV 3813, 3827, 3848 | ||||||||||
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Guildayichthyiformes
- Guildayichthyidae
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Discoserra pectinodon
Lund 2000
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Lund and Poplin 1999 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Tarrasiidae
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Tarrasiidae indet.
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Henderson et al. 2023 | |||||||||
| UMVP 3921 | ||||||||||
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Apholidotos ossuosus
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Henderson et al. 2023 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Tarrasiidae | ||||||||||
| UMVP 3809 | ||||||||||
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Paratarrasius hibbardi
Lund and Melton 1982
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Lund and Melton 1982 | |||||||||
| UMVP 7395 | ||||||||||
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Aesopichthyidae
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Aesopichthys erinaceus
Poplin and Lund 2000
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Poplin and Lund 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MV 3814 | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Strepsodus sp.
Huxley and Etheridge 1865
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Lund and Poplin 1999 | |||||||||
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Coelacanthimorpha
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Hadronector donbairdi
Lund and Lund 1984
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Lund and Poplin 1999 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Chondrenchelyiformes
- Chondrenchelyidae
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Harpagofututor volsellorhinus
Lund 1982
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| MV 2915, 3808, 3973 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Listracanthidae
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Listracanthus histrix
(Newberry and Worthen 1870)
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Lund and Poplin 1999 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Listracanthus hystrix | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Fergus |
| Coordinates: | 47.0° North, 108.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.3° North, 35.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Serpukhovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Arnsbergian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 327.40000 - 324.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Big Snowy | Formation: | Heath | Member: | Bear Gulch |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Namurian E2b" (E2 = Arnsbergian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,concretionary lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: "rhythmically alternating sets of microturbidite beds and laminar beds" (Grogan and Lund 1997) | |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: "shallow, marine tropical bay" (Lund 1985) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression,concretion,soft parts |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Melton |
| Collection method comments: Material is at the University of Montana
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Metadata
| Database number: | 116656 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, E. Dunne | Enterer: | M. Clapham, S. Fasey |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-10 09:51:40 | Last modified: | 2024-02-04 23:46:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-10 09:51:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30512. | R. Lund. 1982. Harpagofututor volsellorhinus new genus and species (Chondrichthyes, Chondrenchelyiformes) from the Namurian Bear Gulch Limestone, Chondrenchelys problematica Traquair (Visean), and their sexual dimorphism. Journal of Paleontology 56(4):938-958 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 84604 | S. Henderson, E. M. Dunne, S. A. Fasey and S. Giles. 2023. The early diversification of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects. Biological Reviews 98:284-315 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
| 82294 | K. A. Lowney. 1980. Certain Bear Gulch (Namurian A, Montana) Acinopterygii (Osteichthyes) and a reevaluation of the evolution of the Paleozoic actinopterygians. [E. Dunne/S. Fasey] | |
| 37538 | R. Lund and W. G. Melton Jr. 1982. A new actinopterygian fish from the Mississippian Bear Gulch limestone of Montana. Palaeontology 25(3):485-498 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 37540 | R. Lund and C. Poplin. 1997. The Rhadinichthyids (paleoniscoid actinopterygians) from the Bear Gulch limestone of Montana (USA, Lower Carboniferous). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):466-486 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 82495 | R. Lund and C. Poplin. 1999. Fish diversity of the Bear Gulch Limestone, Namurian, Lower Carboniferous of Montana, USA. Geobios 32(2):285-295 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey] | |
| 37537 | C. Poplin and R. Lund. 2000. Two new deep-bodied palaeoniscoid actinopterygians from Bear Gulch (Montana, USA, Lower Carboniferous). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):428-449 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/S. Fasey] |