Fox Trap, sample 35, Bangor Limestone, Colbert Co., Alabama (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Colbert County, Alabama (34.6° N, 87.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.6° S, 45.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bangor Limestone Formation, Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• Chesterian: assigned to the Brigantian by JA on 15.9.06 based on Waters pers. commun.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shelly/skeletal wackestone

• fenestrate bryozoan wackestone

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical, peel or thin section, sieve,

Primary reference: J. A. Waters. 1978. The Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Lower Bangor Limestone (Chesterian, Mississippian)in northwestern Alabama. 1-193 [A. Miller/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 6847: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 27.03.2000

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Penniretopora sp., Aphelacrinus sp.
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp.
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp., Archimedes sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp., Septopora sp.
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Prismopora sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer leidyi
Anthracospirifer leidyi Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp., Composita sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp.
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Productida sp.
Productida sp. Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp.
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Polychaeta
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Machaeridia indet.
Machaeridia indet. scale worm
Macaridian plates
Blastoidea
 Pentremitida - Pentremitidae
Pentremites sp.
Pentremites sp. Say 1820 blastoid
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp.
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Pterotocrinus sp., Dichocrinus sp.
Pterotocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Cladida - Phanocrinidae
Phanocrinus sp.
Phanocrinus sp. Kirk 1937 Sea lily
 Cladida - Eupachycrinidae
Eupachycrinus sp.
Eupachycrinus sp. Meek and Worthen 1865 Sea lily
 Flexibilia -
Flexibilia indet.
 Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae
Cymbiocrinus sp.
Cymbiocrinus sp. Kirk 1944 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Phacelocrinus sp.
Phacelocrinus sp. Kirk 1940 Sea lily
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin