Barrel Spring section of Stauffer 1930: Silurian, California
collected by C. R. Stauffer

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
misspelled as "Loxonema eurekense"
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
"crinoid stems"
unclassified
"fish spine"
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
Stromatopora hupschii (Bargatzky 1881)
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
Favosites canadensis (Billings 1858)
Favosites basalticus (Goldfuss 1826)
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Cladopora sp. Hall 1851
Cladopora ? roemeri (Billings 1860)
Cladopora ? magna Hall and Whitfield 1873
Cladopora ? prolifica Hall and Whitfield 1873
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kyphophyllidae
Tabulophyllum sp. Fenton and Fenton 1924
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptychophyllidae
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Zaphrentis sp. Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Arachnophyllidae
Chonophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Halliidae
Aulacophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Acervulariidae
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phillipsastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Diphyphyllum sp. Lonsdale 1845
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Inyo
Coordinates: 36.9° North, 118.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.8° South, 115.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Silurian
10 m.y. bin: Silurian 1-2
Key time interval: Silurian
Age range of interval: 443.1 - 419.62 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vaughn Gulch
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:massive,gray,blue lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Limestone, dark bluish, fairly massive, fossiliferous.
Environment:carbonate indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:C. R. Stauffer
Metadata
Database number:230235
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2023-05-26 19:47:55 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2023-05-26 19:47:55
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
83883. C. R. Stauffer. 1930. The Devonian of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 19(4):81-118 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]