Pilgram's Place, sample 19, 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 wackestone

• fenestrate bryozoan-echinoderm 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 6793: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 17.03.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Tentaculita
 Cornulitida - Cornulitidae
Cornulites sp. Schlotheim 1820
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
"Coelidium sp." = Coelocaulus
"Coelidium sp." = Coelocaulus Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
 Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Composita sp. Brown 1849
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer leidyi Norwood and Pratten 1855
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
 Productida -
Productida sp. Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
 Rhabdomesida - Rhabdomesidae
 Cyclostomata - Hederellidae
Hederella sp. Hall 1883
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin sp. Weller 1936 trilobite
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Camptocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Dichocrinus sp. Munster 1839 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Acrocrinitidae
Acrocrinus sp. Yandell 1855 Sea lily
 Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae
Armenocrinus sp. Strimple and Horowitz 1971 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Phacelocrinus sp. Kirk 1940 Sea lily
 Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Ramulocrinus sp. Laudon and Parks 1952 Sea lily
Blastoidea
 Spiraculata - Pentremitidae
Pentremites sp. Say 1820 blastoid
 Troosticrinida - Troosticrinidae
Diploblastus sp. Fay 1961 blastoid
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
sponge base