Littleville, Alabama (Bangor Fm.): Serpukhovian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Blastoidea
- Pentremitida
- Pentremitidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama |
| Coordinates: | 34.0° North, 86.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.6° South, 40.8° West (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Serpukhovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 3 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Carboniferous | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Chesterian |
| Key time interval: | Serpukhovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 330.3 - 323.4 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bangor Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Chesterian; USGS Geolex lists unit as Late Chesterian. JA: late Chesterian is Serpukhovian according to Mii et al. 1999 (GSA Bull 111:960-973) |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: No geology info given | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Blastoids only | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 24 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 5. | H. H. Beaver and A. J. Fabian. 1998. Color patterns in Mississippian (Chesterian) blastoids. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):332-338 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] |