Where: Sonora, Mexico (30.7° N, 112.3° W: paleocoordinates 10.6° S, 55.6° W)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Represo Formation, Kinderhookian to Kinderhookian (358.9 - 343.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, concretionary, shelly/skeletal, brown, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone and chert
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical, mechanical,
• "Difficult macrofossils" checkbox selected based on the statement of finding criquina.
Primary reference: W. H. Easton, J. E. Sanders, J. B. Knight and A. K. Miller. 1958. Mississippian fauna in northwestern Sonora, Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 119(3):1-87 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5616: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 05.11.1999, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Strophomenata | |
Schellwienella umbonata n. sp.
Schellwienella umbonata n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 | |
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904 | |
Plicochonetes geniculatus White 1862 | |
Leptaena cooperi n. sp.
Leptaena cooperi n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
? Tylothyris sp. North 1920 | |
Reticularia cooperensis Swallow 1860 | |
Crurithyris levicula Rowley 1900 | |
? Cyrtospirifer latior Swallow 1863 | |
Composita obesa Easton et al. 1958
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Cleiothyridina glenparkensis Weller 1914 | |
Hustedia circularis Miller 1892 | |
Cyrtina burlingtonensis Rowley 1893 | |
Punctospirifer globosa Easton et al. 1958
Punctospirifer sulcifer n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 | |
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Dorsisinus louisianensis n. gen.
Dorsisinus louisianensis n. gen. Weller 1914 | |
Girtyella sp. Weller 1911
? Girtyella sp. Weller 1911 | |
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Schizophoria sulcata n. sp.
Schizophoria sulcata n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 | |
Rhipidomella cf. missouriensis Swallow 1860 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia
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Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851 snail | |
Baylea sp. de Koninck 1881 snail
Baylea aff. yvanii Léveillé 1835 snail
Rhineoderma cf. nystii de Koninck 1883 snail | |
Borestus sp. Thomas 1940 snail | |
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"Phanerotinus cf. paradoxus" = Serpulospira paradoxus
"Phanerotinus cf. paradoxus" = Serpulospira paradoxus Winchell 1863 snail | |
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) sp." = Euomphalus, "Straparollus (Euomphalus) sp." = Euomphalus
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Rostroconchia | |
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835 | |
Bivalvia | |
Parallelodon sulcatus Weller 1906 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Koninckophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral | |
Rotiphyllum occidentale n. sp., Rotiphyllum vesiculosum n. sp.
Rotiphyllum occidentale n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 horn coral
Rotiphyllum vesiculosum n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 horn coral | |
Neozaphrentis tenella Easton 1944 horn coral | |
"Triplophyllites (Homalophyllites) sp." = Homalophyllites, Triplophyllites (Homalophyllites) circularis n. sp.
"Triplophyllites (Homalophyllites) sp." = Homalophyllites Easton 1944 horn coral sgn. (Homalophyllites)
Triplophyllites (Homalophyllites) circularis n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 horn coral sgn. (Homalophyllites)
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"Lithostrotionella confluens n. sp." = Stelechophyllum microstylum
"Lithostrotionella confluens n. sp." = Stelechophyllum microstylum White 1880 horn coral | |
Caninophyllum sonorense n. sp.
Caninophyllum sonorense n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 horn coral | |
Caninia sp. Michelin 1840 horn coral
Caninia corniculum Easton 1944 horn coral | |
Cyathaxonia cordillerensis n. sp.
Cyathaxonia cordillerensis n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 horn coral | |
Trochophyllum (Trochophyllum) sp., "Trochophyllum (Barrandeophyllum) sp." = Barrandeophyllum
"Trochophyllum (Barrandeophyllum) sp." = Barrandeophyllum Pocta 1902 horn coral sgn. (Barrandeophyllum)
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Cystelasma invaginatum n. sp.
Cystelasma invaginatum n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 horn coral | |
Pleurodictyum subramosum n. sp.
Pleurodictyum subramosum n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 tabulate coral | |
Syringopora tubifera n. sp. Easton et al. 1958 tabulate coral |