Where: Georgia (34.9° N, 85.5° W: paleocoordinates 16.7° S, 30.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Gasper Formation, Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified, ooidal limestone and lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: A. T. Allen and J. G. Lester. 1954. Contributions to the Paleontology of Northwest Georgia. Georgia Geological Survey Bulletin 62:1-166 [R. Gastaldo/J. Allen/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 164686: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 10.12.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Amplexus (cf. Amplexus) hamiltoniae horn coral | |
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis, "Zaphrentis radicosa" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis sp." = Zaphrenthis Rafinesque and Clifford 1820 horn coral
"Zaphrentis radicosa" = Zaphrenthis horn coral | |
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Lithostrotion sp. Fleming 1828 horn coral | |
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Cleistopora sp. Nicholson 1888 tabulate coral | |
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Pleurodictyum sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral | |
| Stenolaemata | |
"Phyllopora sp." = Kingopora
"Phyllopora sp." = Kingopora Morozova 1970 | |