PBDB Collection

MV 7106, Supercrop Quarry, Bear Gulch: Arnsbergian, Montana

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Agnatha - Petromyzontiformes - Hardistiellidae

	Hardistiella montanensis n. gen., n. sp. Janvier and Lund 1983	Janvier and Lund 1983
unclassified

	Mesopoma becketense Lowney 1980	Lowney 1980
	nomen nudum belonging to Mesopoma
	UMVP 6997
Paphosisciformes - Paphosiscidae

	Paphosiscus circulocaudus Grogan and Lund 2015	Grogan and Lund 2015
	UMVP 7014
unclassified

	Beagiascus pulcherrimus Mickle et al. 2009	Mickle et al. 2009	2 specimens
	UMVP 3801, 3806, 6084
Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

	Wendyichthys lautreci n. sp. Lund and Poplin 1997	Lund and Poplin 1997	1 specimen

	Wendyichthys dicksoni n. gen., n. sp. Lund and Poplin 1997	Lund and Poplin 1997	52 specimens
	MV 3857, 3615, 3628, 3828, 3831, 3843, 4740, 6870, 6109-15, 6368, 6869-70, 6906-6914, 6925, 6929-30, 6975-7, 6979-6985, 7401, 7647-7651, 7653, 7655, 7773, 7774, 7776, 7933

	Cyranorhis n. gen. bergeraci Lund and Poplin 1997	Lund and Poplin 1997	4 specimens
	MV 3962, 6125, 6921, 7656

	Rhadinichthys sp. Traquair 1877	Henderson et al. 2023
	UMVP 36107
Actinopteri - Tarrasiidae

	Tarrasiidae informal n. gen.	Henderson et al. 2023
	UMVP 37295

	Paratarrasius hibbardi n. gen., n. sp. Lund and Melton 1982	Lund and Melton 1982	4 specimens
	MV 3562, 3600, 5557, 6931

	Apholidotos ossuosus	Henderson et al. 2023
	nomen dubium belonging to Tarrasiidae
	UMVP 5559; UMVP 112798, UMVP 2964, and others
Fubarichthyiformes - Fubarichthyidae

	Yogoniscus lojo	Henderson et al. 2023
	invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes
	UMVP 3802

	Yogoniscus gulo Lowney 1980	Lowney 1980
	invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes
	UMVP 3394, and others

	Fubarichthys sp. Lowney 1980	Henderson et al. 2023
	invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes
	UMVP 10586, and others

	Fubarichthys copiosus Lowney 1980	Lowney 1980
	invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes
	UMVP 34716 and others

	Fubarichthys brevis Lowney 1980	Lowney 1980
	invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes
	UMVP 36916, and others

	Fubarichthys prolatus Lowney 1980	Lowney 1980
	invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes
	UMVP 10119, and others

	Fubarichthys informal rio Lowney 1980	Henderson et al. 2023
	invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes
	UMVP 3592, and others
Aesopichthyidae

	Aesopichthys erinaceus Poplin and Lund 2000	Poplin and Lund 2000	3 specimens
	MV 6373, 7015, 7668
Phanerosteonidae

	Phanerosteon phonax Lowney 1980	Lowney 1980
	nomen nudum belonging to Phanerosteon
	UMVP 16123 and others
Guildayichthyiformes - Guildayichthyidae

	Discoserra pectinodon Lund 2000	Lund 2000
	UMVP 27756, and others

	Guildayichthys carnegiei Lund 2000	Sallan and Coates 2010
unclassified

	Lineagruan sp. Mickle et al. 2009	Henderson et al. 2023
	UMVP 6134, and others

	Lineagruan snowyi Mickle et al. 2009	Mickle et al. 2009	2 specimens
	MV 6119, 7010

	Lineagruan judithi Mickle et al. 2009	Mickle et al. 2009	6 specimens
	MV 3630, 6132-3, 6372, 6936, 7657

	Kalops sp. Poplin and Lund 2002	Henderson et al. 2023
	UMVP 13626, and others

	Kalops diophrys Poplin and Lund 2002	Poplin and Lund 2002
	UMVP 3993, and others

	Kalops monophrys Poplin and Lund 2002	Poplin and Lund 2002
	UMVP 3368, and others
Chondrichthyes

	Delphyodontos dacriformes n. gen., n. sp. Lund 1980	Lund 1980
Chondrichthyes - Debeeriiformes - Debeeriidae

	Debeerius ellefseni Grogan and Lund 2000	Grogan and Lund 2000	1 specimen
	MV 6165
Chondrichthyes - Chondrenchelyiformes - Chondrenchelyidae

	Harpagofututor volsellorhinus Lund 1982	Lund 1982	11 specimens
	MV 3766, 3985, 5553, 5554, 6186, 6205, 6945-8
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Echinochimaeridae

	Echinochimaera meltoni n. gen., n. sp. Lund 1977	Lund 1977
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae

	Siksika ottae n. gen., n. sp. Lund 1989	Lund 1989
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Belantseidae

	Belantsea montana n. gen., n. sp. Lund 1989	Lund 1988	1 specimen
	MV 7698
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

	Janassa clarki n. sp. Lund 1989	Lund 1989
Chondrichthyes - Iniopterygia - Iniopterygidae

	Papilionichthys stahlae Grogan and Lund 2009	Grogan and Lund 2009	2 specimens
	MV 7680, 7682

	Rainerichthys zangerli Grogan and Lund 2009	Grogan and Lund 2009	2 specimens
	MV 6174, 7681
Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Falcatidae

	Damocles serratus Lund 1986	Lund 1986	4 specimens
	MV 5449, 6158, 6957, 7685

	Falcatus falcatus (St. John and Worthen 1883)	Lund 1985	44 specimens
	MV 3334, 4750, 4766, 4793, 5352, 5385-93, 5444-8, 5450-1, 6159, 6196-8, 6933-4, 6949-6, 7686-94
Polychaeta - Eunicida - Lumbrinereidae

	Phiops aciculorum n. gen., n. sp. Schram 1979	Schram 1979	2 specimens
	UM 5543, 5873
Polychaeta

	Ramesses magnus n. gen., n. sp. Schram 1979	Schram 1979	6 specimens
	UM 5550-5553, 5560, 5877
Polychaeta - Phyllodocida - Goniadidae

	Carbosesostris megaliphagon n. gen., n. sp. Schram 1979	Schram 1979	5 specimens
	UM 5542, 5871, 6355(x3)
Polychaeta - Phyllodocida - Nephtyidae

	Astreptoscolex anasillosus Thompson 1979	Schram 1979	3 specimens
	UM 5872, 5874, 5876
Polychaeta

	Soris labiosus n. gen., n. sp. Schram 1979	Schram 1979	2 specimens
	UM 5548, 5549
Cephalopoda

	Gordoniconus hewitti n. sp. Mapes et al. 2010	Mapes et al. 2010	1 specimen
	UMNC 8275

	Gordoniconus beargulchensis Mapes et al. 2010	Mapes et al. 2010	1 specimen
	UMNC 5743
Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

	Euproops sp. Meek 1867		1 specimen
	UM 5558
Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae

	Paleolimulus longispinus n. sp. Schram 1979		1 specimen
	recombined as Boeotiaspis longispinus
	UM 5559
unclassified

	Nemavermes mackeei Schram 1973	Schram 1979	6 specimens
	UM 5554, 5562, 5564, 5569, 5570, 5875
	= Metazoa indet. Haeckel 1874	McCoy et al. 2023
	synonym of Animalia
	Examined specimens belong to multiple taxa, so identity of others is unclear

	Deuteronectanebos papillorum n. gen., n. sp. Schram 1979	Schram 1979	5 specimens
	UM 5545, 5544, 5546, 5561, 5819

	Archisymplectes rhothon Schram 1973	Schram 1979	1 specimen
	UM 5546
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Montana	County:	Fergus
Coordinates:	46.9° North, 109.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	5.4° North, 35.1° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Carboniferous	Epoch:	Mississippian
Stage:	Serpukhovian	10 m.y. bin:	Carboniferous 3
Key time interval:	Arnsbergian
Age range of interval:	327.40000 - 324.00000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Geological group:	Big Snowy	Formation:	Heath	Member:	Bear Gulch
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Namurian E2b" (E2 = Arnsbergian)

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	planar lamination,concretionary lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: "rhythmically alternating sets of microturbidite beds and laminar beds" (Grogan and Lund 1997)
Environment:	lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Geology comments: "shallow, marine tropical bay" (Lund 1985)

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,adpression,concretion,soft parts
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Material is at the University of Montana

Metadata

Also known as:	MI 7106
Database number:	116654
Authorizer:	M. Clapham, J. Alroy, E. Dunne	Enterer:	M. Clapham, J. Alroy, S. Fasey
Modifier:	M. Clapham	Research group:	marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:	2011-09-10 09:43:03	Last modified:	2024-02-05 00:05:15
Access level:	the public	Released:	2011-09-10 09:43:03
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

51729.

decapod

F. R. Schram. 1979. Limulines of the Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Central Montana, USA. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 19(6):67-74 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly]

Secondary references:

37536		E. D. Grogan and R. Lund. 2000. Debeerius ellefseni (Fam Nov, Gen Nov, Spec Nov), an autodiastylic chondrichthyan from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana (USA), the relationships of the Chondrichthyes, and comments on gnathostome evolution. Journal of Morphology 243:219-245 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
42310		E. D. Grogan and R. Lund. 2009. Two new iniopterygians (Chondrichthyes) from the Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana with evidence of a new form of chondrichthyan neurocranium. Acta Zoologica 90(Suppl. 1):134-151 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
82390		E. D. Grogan and R. Lund. 2015. Two new Actinopterygii (Vertebrata, Osteichthyes) with cosmine from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Heath Fm., Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana USA. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 164:111-132 [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]
84604		S. Henderson, E. M. Dunne, S. A. Fasey and S. Giles. 2023. The early diversification of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects. Biological Reviews 98:284-315 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
37534		P. Janvier and R. Lund. 1983. Hardistiella montanensis n. gen. et sp. (Petromyzontida) from the Lower Carboniferous of Montana, with remarks on the affinities of the lampreys. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(4):407-413 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
82294		K. A. Lowney. 1980. Certain Bear Gulch (Namurian A, Montana) Acinopterygii (Osteichthyes) and a reevaluation of the evolution of the Paleozoic actinopterygians. [E. Dunne/S. Fasey]
86831		R. Lund. 1977. Echinochimaera meltoni new genus and species (Chimaeriformes), from the Mississippian of Montana. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 46:195-221 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
37550		R. Lund. 1980. Viviparity and intrauterine feeding in a new Holocephalan fish from the Lower Carboniferous of Montana. Science 209:697-699 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
30512		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]
30517		R. Lund. 1985. The morphology of Falcatus falcatus (St. John and Worthen), a Mississippian stethacanthid chondrichthyan from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(1):1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
30519		R. Lund. 1986. On Damocles serratus, nov. gen. et sp. (Elasmobranchii: Cladodontida) from the Upper Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(1):12-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
30520		R. Lund. 1988. New information on Squatinactis caudispinatus (Chondrichthyes, Cladodontida) from the Chesterian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):340-342 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
30521		R. Lund. 1989. New petalodonts (Chondrichthyes) from the Upper Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone (Namurian E₂b) of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3):350-368 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
39967		R. Lund. 2000. The new Actinopterygian order Guildayichthyiformes from the Lower Carboniferous of Montana (USA). Geodiversitas 22(2):171-206 [W. Dahdul/B. Frable ]
37538		R. Lund and W. G. Melton Jr. 1982. A new actinopterygian fish from the Mississippian Bear Gulch limestone of Montana. Palaeontology 25(3):485-498 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37540		R. Lund and C. Poplin. 1997. The Rhadinichthyids (paleoniscoid actinopterygians) from the Bear Gulch limestone of Montana (USA, Lower Carboniferous). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):466-486 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
86783		R. H. Mapes, E. A. Weller, and L. A. Doguzhaeva. 2010. Early Carboniferous (Late Namurian) coleoid cephalopods showing a tentacle with arm hooks and an ink sac from Montana, USA. In K. Tanabe, Y. Shigeta, T. Sasaki, H. Hirano (eds.), Cephalopods - Present and Past 155-170 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
87342		V. E. McCoy, J. Wittry, H. Sadabadi and P. Mayer. 2023. A reappraisal of Nemavermes mackeei from the Mazon Creek fossil site expands Carboniferous cyclostome diversity. Journal of Paleontology 97:1116-1132 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37539		K. E. Mickle, R. Lund, and E. D. Grogan. 2009. Three new palaeoniscoid fishes from the Bear Gulch limestone (Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana (USA) and the relationships of lower actinopterygians. Geodiversitas 31(3):623-668 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37537		C. Poplin and R. Lund. 2000. Two new deep-bodied palaeoniscoid actinopterygians from Bear Gulch (Montana, USA, Lower Carboniferous). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):428-449 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/S. Fasey]
43569		C. M. Poplin and R. Lund. 2002. Two Carboniferous fine-eyed palaeoniscoids (Pisces, Actinopterygii) from Bear Gulch (USA). Journal of Paleontology 76(6):1014-1028 [S. Peters/S. McMullen/M. Clapham]
61835		L. C. Sallan and M. I. Coates. 2010. End-Devonian extinction and a bottleneck in the early evolution of modern jawed vertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(22):10131-10135 [D. Briggs/C. Whalen/C. Whalen]
55010		F. R. Schram. 1979. Worms of the Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of central Montana, USA. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 19:107-120 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]