PBDB Collection

MV 6801, Surprise Quarry, Bear Gulch (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Fergus County, Montana (46.9° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.4° 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

• "shallow, marine tropical bay" (Lund 1985)

• "rhythmically alternating sets of microturbidite beds and laminar beds" (Grogan and Lund 1997)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, concretion, soft parts

Collected by R. Hartin, C. Allen

Collection methods: mechanical

• Material is at the University of Montana

Primary reference: W. G. Melton. 1969. A new dorypterid fish from central Montana. Northwest Science 43:196-206 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116660: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.09.2011, edited by Sophie Fasey

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Taxonomic list

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Archisymplectes rhothon
-	Archisymplectes rhothon⁸ Archisymplectes rhothon⁸ Schram 1973 UM 6485
Coelacanthimorpha
-	Allenypterus montanus n. gen. n. sp. Allenypterus montanus n. gen. n. sp. Melton 1969 lobe-finned fish MV 2555
Osteichthyes
-	Beagiascus pulcherrimus⁶ Beagiascus pulcherrimus⁶ Mickle et al. 2009 MV 2551
Phanerosteonoidei - Phanerosteonidae	Phanerosteon phonax² Phanerosteon phonax² Lowney 1980 UMVP 36367
Guildayichthyiformes - Guildayichthyidae	Discoserra pectinodon³ Discoserra pectinodon³ Lund 2000 UMVP 2772
Actinopteri
- Tarrasiidae	Paratarrasius hibbardi n. gen.⁴ Paratarrasius hibbardi n. gen.⁴ Lund and Melton 1982 MV 2841
Osteichthyes
Fubarichthyiformes - Fubarichthyidae	Yogoniscus gulo², Fubarichthys sp.¹, Fubarichthys copiosus², Fubarichthys prolatus², Fubarichthys brevis², Fubarichthys "rio"¹ Yogoniscus gulo² Lowney 1980 UMVP 2775 Fubarichthys sp.¹ Lowney 1980 UMVP 2794 Fubarichthys copiosus² Lowney 1980 UMVP 2790, and others Fubarichthys prolatus² Lowney 1980 UMVP 2556 Fubarichthys brevis² Lowney 1980 UMVP 2554 Fubarichthys "rio"¹ Lowney 1980 UMVP 2550
Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae	Wendyichthys dicksoni n. gen.⁵ Wendyichthys dicksoni n. gen.⁵ Lund and Poplin 1997 MV 2787, 2795, 2821, 2823
-	Kalops sp.¹, Kalops monophrys⁷ Kalops sp.¹ Poplin and Lund 2002 UMVP 2813 Kalops monophrys⁷ Poplin and Lund 2002 MV 2776, 2811, 3596