USGS 15933, Sulphur Springs Hollow: Arnsbergian, Arkansas
collected by M. Gordon, R.A. Lewandowski 1955
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Cephalopoda
- Bactritida
- Bactritidae
|
||||||||||
|
Bactrites smithianus
Girty 1909
|
||||||||||
|
Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Anthracoceratidae
|
||||||||||
|
Anthracoceras paucilobum
(Phillips 1836)
|
||||||||||
| original and current combination Goniatites paucilobus | ||||||||||
|
Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Glaphyritidae
|
||||||||||
|
Cravenoceras miseri n. sp.
Gordon 1964
|
||||||||||
| recombined as Stenoglaphyrites miseri | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
|
Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Liroceratidae
|
||||||||||
|
Liroceras bicostatum
Gordon 1964
|
||||||||||
| recombined as Bistrialites bicostatus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Arkansas |
| Coordinates: | 35.8° North, 92.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.8° South, 32.6° 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 | Ammonoid zone: | Eumorphoceras bisulcatum |
| Age range of interval: | 327.40000 - 324.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Imo | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: A 34-in. shale bed just below fossiliferous limestone. Top of shale is 32.2 ft stratigraphically below base of bed of 15932. Imo formation, 65.1-67.9 ft above base. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | M. Gordon, R.A. Lewandowski | Collection dates: | 1955 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 157987 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-07-13 11:01:21 | Last modified: | 2014-07-13 11:01:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-07-13 11:01:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11419. | M. Gordon. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322 [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/M. Clapham] |