Guano Cave, USGS 25324-PC: Morrowan, Arizona

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Euconoapira sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia terminalis (Hall 1852)
recombined as Wilkingia terminale
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus amplus Meek and Worthen 1870
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina sp. Newell 1942
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808
    = Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851
Wagner 2023
Bellerophontacea indet. M'Coy 1851
corrected as Bellerophontoidea
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
aff. Anomphalus sp. n. sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Liroceras sp. Teichert 1940
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Buxtonia sp.
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
? Pulchratia picuris
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus pumilis
Linoproductus nodosus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer occiduus (Sadlick 1960)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria altirostris
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Composita subtilia
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp. Weller 1936
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona
Coordinates: 36.2° North, 113.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.6° North, 43.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Bashkirian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Morrowan
Age range of interval:323.20000 - 318.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Supai Formation:Watahomigi
Local section:Guano Cave
Regional section:Grand Canyon
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: The Watahomigi is comprised of three informal units: a lower slope unit, a middle cliff unit, and an upper slope unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,medium,gray lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Limestone, light-olive-gray with pale-brown, fine-grained, hard, very thick bedded (5-15 ft); grades upward into pale-olive-gray and pinkish-gray, medium-grained, sandy limestone; containes brachiopods and ostracodes (?); weathers to rough gray surface; forms sheer cliff.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Metadata
Also known as:Guano Cave, about 75 ft above base of formation
Database number:42672
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Wagner Enterer:C. Simpson, P. Wagner
Modifier:C. Simpson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-08-03 17:16:40 Last modified:2004-08-03 20:16:40
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-03 17:16:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11207. E. D. McKee. 1982. The Supai Group of the Grand Canyon. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1173 [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/C. Simpson]

Secondary references:

9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]