Locality 5. Cliff north of Gallagher's cabin.: Late/Upper Famennian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Leioproductus coloradensis
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Planoproductus depressus
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Schuchertella sp.
Girty 1904
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtospiriferidae
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Cyrtiopsis animasensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Strophopleuridae
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Strophopleura notabilis
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Athyris coloradensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Leiorhynchidae
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Paurorhyncha endlichi
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Camarotoechia sobrina
Stainbrook 1947
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recombined as Ptychomalotoechia sobrina | |||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria australis
(Kindle 1909)
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recombined as Schizophoria (Schizophoria) australis | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Anomphalidae
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Isonema humile
(Meek 1871)
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synonym of Isonema depressum | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Straparollus sp.
de Montfort 1810
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Garfield |
Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 107.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° South, 48.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
Stage: | Famennian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 5 |
*Period: | Late/Upper Devonian | ||
*International age/stage: | Late/Upper Famennian | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Famennian | Conodont zone: | Lower Palmatolepis gracilis expansa |
Age range of interval: | 365.30000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Chaffee | Formation: | Dyer | Member: | Broken Rib |
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: This publication lists the Dyer as a member of the Chaffee Formation. The Dyer is now a formation of the Chaffee Group. The limestone beds in which this fauna was collected have been since named the Broken Rib Member. Refer to Webster et al., 1999. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray lithified cherty/siliceous "carbonate" | ||
Secondary lithology: | dolomite | ||
Environment: | offshore shelf | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collection method comments: Collected by the authors in 1948. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Webster et al., 1999, for a more detailed list of echinoderms from this member. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Broken Rib Member, Dyer Fm., Locality 5, Garfield Co., CO | ||
Database number: | 3633 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | A. Webber |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-05 11:48:17 | Last modified: | 2019-07-20 14:40:00 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-05 11:48:17 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
217. | N. W. Bass and S. A. Northrop. 1963. Geology of Glenwood Springs Quadrangle and Vicinity Northwestern Colorado. U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1142-J:J1-J74 [A. Miller/A. Webber/J. Alroy] |