Limestone below the Paradise Formation: Mississippian, Arizona
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cloithyridina hirsuta
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Echinoidea
- Archaeocidaridae
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Archaeocidaris sp.
M'Coy 1844
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras acutirostris
(Hall 1856)
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| recombined as Palaeocapulus acutirostre | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Euomphalus spergenense
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Spiriferinidae
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Spiriferina sp.
d'Orbigny 1847
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer bifurcatus
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Reticulariidae
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Reticularia setigera
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita sp.
Brown 1849
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Athyris sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Retziidae
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Eumetria verneuilana
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Dielasmatidae
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Dielasma formosum
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Dielasma (aff. Dielasma) sinuatum
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Dielasma sp.
King 1856
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Productus indianensis
Hall 1856
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| recombined as Avonia indianensis | ||||||||||
| Large variety | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Productus scitulus
Meek and Worthen 1860
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| recombined as Dictyoclostus scitulus | ||||||||||
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Productus marginicinctus
Prout 1857
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| recombined as Marginicinctus marginicinctus | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Echinoconchus biseriatus
(Hall 1856)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes sp.
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella tenax
Ulrich 1888
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| recombined as Rectifenestella tenax | ||||||||||
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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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Dichotrypa elegans
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Streptelasmatidae
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Triplophyllum sp.
Simpson 1900
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Arizona | County: | Cochise |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 109.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.1° South, 51.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Mississippian | Zone: | St. Louis |
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 323.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Limestone below the Paradise Formation | |
| 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,difficult macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124290 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | D. Mathieson |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-10 14:15:05 | Last modified: | 2012-10-27 22:59:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-10 14:15:05 |
| 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] |