MV 7002, Three Pillar Quarry, Bear Gulch: Arnsbergian, Montana
collected by Melton
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Beagiascus pulcherrimus
Mickle et al. 2009
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MV 2930 | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Rhadinichthyidae
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Wendyichthys n. gen. dicksoni
Lund and Poplin 1997
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Lund and Poplin 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MV 2968 | ||||||||||
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Guildayichthyiformes
- Guildayichthyidae
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Discoserra pectinodon
Lund 2000
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Lund 2000 | |||||||||
| UMVP 2984 | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Lineagruan snowyi
Mickle et al. 2009
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| MV 2969, 2980 | ||||||||||
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Kalops monophrys
Poplin and Lund 2002
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Poplin and Lund 2002 | |||||||||
| MV 2913, 2936, 7296 | ||||||||||
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Aesopichthyidae
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Aesopichthys erinaceus
Poplin and Lund 2000
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Poplin and Lund 2000 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MV 2933 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Tarrasiidae
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Paratarrasius n. gen. hibbardi
Lund and Melton 1982
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Lund and Melton 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MV 2918 | ||||||||||
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Fubarichthyiformes
- Fubarichthyidae
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Yogoniscus gulo
Lowney 1980
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Lowney 1980 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes | ||||||||||
| UMVP 2919, UMVP 2919, UMVP 2952 | ||||||||||
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Fubarichthys copiosus
Lowney 1980
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Lowney 1980 | |||||||||
| invalid subgroup of Fubarichthyiformes | ||||||||||
| UMVP 2914, 2922, 2923, 2929, UMVP 2914, and others | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Collectors: | Melton |
| Collection method comments: Material is at the University of Montana
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Metadata
| Database number: | 116763 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, E. Dunne | Enterer: | M. Clapham, S. Fasey |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-11 09:41:13 | Last modified: | 2024-02-05 00:06:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-11 09:41:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |