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
Leioproductus coloradensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Planoproductus depressus
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtiopsis animasensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Strophopleura notabilis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Athyris coloradensis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Paurorhyncha endlichi
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Camarotoechia sobrina Stainbrook 1947
recombined as Ptychomalotoechia sobrina
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria australis (Kindle 1909)
recombined as Schizophoria (Schizophoria) australis
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Isonema humile (Meek 1871)
synonym of Isonema depressum
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810
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]