Fifth Member of the Paradise Formation: Chesterian, Arizona
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Rhomopora sp.
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Conetes oklahomensis
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Cliothyridina sublamellosa
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Levidentalium sp.
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Shark teeth
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
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Cycloceras randolphensis
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Gastropoda
- Cyrtoneritida
- Orthonychiidae
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Orthonychia striatulus
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bucanopsis sp.
Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemus sp.
M'Coy 1844
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replaced by Euphemites | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras sp.
Conrad 1840
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large species | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticopsidae
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Naticopsis (aff. Naticopsis) waterlooensis
(Weller 1916)
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original and current combination Naticopsis waterlooensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon illinoisensis
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Parallelodon minima
(Worthen 1884)
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Myalinidae
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Myalina angulata
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Paleolima (cf. Paleolima) chesterensis
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original and current combination Palaeolima | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Deltopectinidae
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Deltopecten monroensis
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Deltopecten (cf. Deltopecten) tahlequahensis
Snider 1915
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Streblochondriidae
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Streblopteria sp.
McCoy 1851
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pterinopectinidae
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Pterinopecten sp.
Hall 1883
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Leptodesma robustum
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiola illinoiensis
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corrected as Modiolus | ||||||||||
Modiola fountainensis
Weller 1916
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recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) fountainensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Edmondiidae
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Edmondia genevievensis
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Edmondia (cf. Edmondia) crassa
Girty 1911
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Schizodidae
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Schizodus (cf. Schizodus) brannerianus
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Schizodus chesterensis
Meek and Worthen 1860
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula (cf. Nucula) randolphensis
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Nucula (cf. Nucula) platynotus
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Orthotetidae
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Orthotetes kaskaskiensis
(McChesney 1860)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Echinoconchus rodeoensis
Hernon 1935
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Buxtonia arkansanus
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Productus inflatus
McChesney 1860
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recombined as Dictyoclostus inflatus | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Productus sp.
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Productus fasciculatus
McChesney 1860
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recombined as Productus (Diaphragmus) fasciculatus | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus ovatus
(Hall 1858)
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Stenoscismatidae
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Camarophoria explanata
(McChesney 1860)
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recombined as Coledium explanatum | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Punctospiriferidae
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Spiriferina transversa
(McChesney 1860)
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recombined as Punctospirifer transversus | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer arizonensis
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Spirifer bifurcatus
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Spirifer sp.
Sowerby 1818
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Spirifer leidyi
Norwood and Pratten 1855
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recombined as Anthracospirifer leidyi | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Brachythyrididae
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Brachythyris chesterensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Reticulariidae
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Reticularia setigera
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Retziidae
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Eumetria vera
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Eumetria verneuilana
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita (cf. Composita) ozarkana
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Composita sp.
Brown 1849
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Composita deltoides
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Composita trinuclea
(Hall 1856)
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Composita laevis
Weller 1914
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Dielasmatidae
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Dielasma shumardanum
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Dielasma sp.
King 1856
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cranaenidae
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Girtyella brevilobata
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Girtyella indianensis
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Acanthocladiidae
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Polypora cestriensis
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella (cf. Fenestella) morrowensis
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Fenestella multispinosa
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Fenestella tenax
Ulrich 1888
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recombined as Rectifenestella tenax | ||||||||||
Archimedes confertus
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Archimedes invaginatus
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Archimedes proutanus
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Reteporinidae
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Phyllopora portalensis
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replaced by Kingopora | ||||||||||
Stenolaemata
- Trepostomida
- Stenoporidae
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Tabulipora sp.
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Tabulipora tuberculata
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Cystodictyonidae
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Cystodictya sp.
Ulrich 1882
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Hexagonellidae
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Glyptopora sp.
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Ostracoda
- Platycopida
- Paraparchitidae
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Paraparchites sp.
Ulrich and Bassler 1906
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Phillipsiidae
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Griffithides sp.
Portlock 1843
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Blastoidea
- Spiraculata
- Pentremitidae
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Pentremites sp.
Say 1820
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Arizona | County: | Cochise |
Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 109.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 7.0° South, 47.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous |
Key time interval: | Chesterian |
Age range of interval: | 339.40000 - 318.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Paradise |
Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | ooidal,black "limestone" |
Lithology description: Fifth member of the Paradise formation.- The Fifth member is a bed of black massive oolitic limestone from 5 to 9 feet in thickness known as the main oolite in this paper. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all macrofossils,some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ) |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 124256 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | D. Mathieson |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-02-09 14:57:47 | Last modified: | 2023-12-21 17:00:22 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-09 14:57:47 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
39478. | R. M. Hernon. 1935. The Paradise Formation and its fauna. Journal of Paleontology 9(8):653-696 [J. Alroy/D. Mathieson] |