USGS "blue file" Loc. 13415: Serpukhovian, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae
- Clavulina
- Clionaidae
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Clionolithes sp.
Clark 1908
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus sp.
(Chao 1927)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer curvilateralis n. sp.
Easton 1962
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recombined as Anthracospirifer curvilateralis | |||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita ozarkana
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Composita laevis
Weller 1914
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Composita sulcata
Weller 1914
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Golden Valley |
Coordinates: | 46.7° North, 109.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 3.9° North, 36.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
Stage: | Serpukhovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 3 |
*Period: | Early/Lower Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Serpukhovian | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Chesterian |
Key time interval: | Serpukhovian | ||
Age range of interval: | 330.90000 - 323.20000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Heath | ||||
Local section: | Easton Big Snowy group section #7 | Local bed: | 44 | ||
Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Heath. JA: late Chesterian is Serpukhovian according to Mii et al. 1999 (GSA Bull 111:960-973) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray,yellow lithified siltstone | ||
Secondary lithology: | claystone | ||
Lithology description: siltstone or claystone, dark gray, weathers yellowish gray, slightly resistant. | |||
Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | cratonic basin |
Geology comments: Some of the upper Heath MAY be estuarine/non-marine as noted by the author. These localities contain wood and other plant fragments, are non-calcareous and contain no marine fossils. These localities have been omitted by me [MS]. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
Database number: | 5646 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-11-09 15:45:42 | Last modified: | 2006-08-06 21:32:26 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
348. | W. H. Easton. 1962. Carboniferous formations and faunas of central Montana. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 348:1-126 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] |