Pilgram's Place, sample 8, Bangor Limestone, Franklin Co., Alabama (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Franklin County, Alabama (34.5° N, 87.6° W: paleocoordinates 16.7° S, 32.5° W)

• 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, calcareous shale

• calcareous shale, very abundant fossils

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 6766: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 16.03.2000

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
  -
cf. Donalina sp., Aphelacrinus sp., Allegacrinus sp., Penniretopora sp.
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Zaphrentoididae
Zaphrentoides sp.
Zaphrentoides sp. Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral
Blastoidea
 Spiraculata - Pentremitidae
Pentremites sp.
Pentremites sp. Say 1820 blastoid
Crinoidea
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Ramulocrinus sp.
Ramulocrinus sp. Laudon and Parks 1952 Sea lily
 Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae
Cymbiocrinus sp.
Cymbiocrinus sp. Kirk 1944 Sea lily
 Flexibilia -
Flexibilia indet.
 Cladida - Phanocrinidae
Phanocrinus sp.
Phanocrinus sp. Kirk 1937 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Pterotocrinus sp., Dichocrinus sp.
Pterotocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Acrocrinitidae
Acrocrinus sp.
Acrocrinus sp. Yandell 1855 Sea lily
Ophiuroidea
  -
Ophiuroidea indet.
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp.
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite
Polychaeta
  -
Machaeridia indet.
Machaeridia indet. scale worm
macaridian plates
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp.
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes sp.
 Productida -
Productida sp.
Productida sp. Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp.
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp., Cleiothyridina sp.
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Eumetria sp.
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer leidyi
Anthracospirifer leidyi Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Torynifer sp.
Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Tabulipora sp.
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Prismopora sp.
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp.
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
Rhabdomeson sp.
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Archimedes sp., Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp., Septopora sp.
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora sp.
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp., Eridopora sp.
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp.
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
unidentifible steinkerns
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira sp.
Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
"Coelidium sp." = Coelocaulus
"Coelidium sp." = Coelocaulus Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 snail
 Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
Eotrochus sp.
Eotrochus sp. Whitfield 1882 snail
 Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia Hall 1843 snail
P. (Orthonychia) sp.
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Patellilabia sp.
Patellilabia sp. Knight 1945 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp.
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail