Where: Fergus County, Montana (47.0° N, 108.9° W: paleocoordinates 5.3° N, 35.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bear Gulch Member (Heath Formation), Arnsbergian (327.0 - 323.7 Ma)
• "Namurian E2b" (E2 = Arnsbergian)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, concretionary limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, concretion, soft parts
Collected by Melton, Lund
Collection methods: mechanical,
• Material is at the University of Montana
Primary reference: R. Lund. 1982. Harpagofututor volsellorhinus new genus and species (Chondrichthyes, Chondrenchelyiformes) from the Namurian Bear Gulch Limestone, Chondrenchelys problematica Traquair (Visean), and their sexual dimorphism. Journal of Paleontology 56(4):938-958 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116659: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.09.2011, edited by Sophie Fasey
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes | |
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Actinopteri | |
Paratarrasius hibbardi8 Lund and Melton 1982 | |
Osteichthyes | |
Wendyichthys lautreci4 Lund and Poplin 1997 | |
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Fubarichthys sp.1, Fubarichthys copiosus2, Fubarichthys brevis2, Fubarichthys "rio"1, Fubarichthys prolatus5, Yogoniscus gulo2
Fubarichthys prolatus5 Lowney 1980 | |
Proceramala montanensis6 Poplin and Lund 2000 CM 41011a, b (holotype); CM 35222, 46005a, b; 62789a, b; This may be a duplicate from collection 90681
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