Algae-Sponge biostrome, Sappington Fm. (unit E): Late/Upper Famennian, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Hexactinellida
- Lyssacinosa
- Malumispongiidae
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Scaphiomanon sp.
Gutschick and Perry 1959
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Hapsiphyllidae
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Neozaphrentis parasitica
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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Tentaculitida
- Cornulitidae
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Cornulites carbonarius
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Stenolaemata
- Fenestrata
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Fenestrata indet.
(Elias and Condra 1957)
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| synonym of Fenestelloidea | ||||||||||
| bryozoans (Fenestella) | ||||||||||
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Craniata
- Craniida
- Craniidae
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Crania rowleyi
Gurley 1883
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| recombined as Philhedra rowleyi | ||||||||||
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Acanthocrania spinosa
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea sp.
d'Orbigny 1847
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes sp.
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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? Rhytiophora arcuatus
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Productella sp.
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Strophalosiidae
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Leptalosia sp.
Dunbar and Condra 1932
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Heteralosia beecheri
(Rowley 1893)
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Schuchertella lens
(White 1862)
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Beecheriidae
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Beecheria paraplicata
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella missouriensis
(Swallow 1860)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristidae
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Camarophorella cf. buckleyi
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Mucrospiriferidae
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Tylothyris clarksvillensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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? Crurithyris minuta
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| originally entered as "? Crurithyris minuta" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer sp.
Sowerby 1818
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Camarotoechiidae
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Camarotoechia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Syringothyrididae
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Syringothyris hannibalensis
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Spirorbis kinderhookensis
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Cephalopoda
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Nautiloidea indet.
Agassiz 1847
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| nautiloids (orthoconic) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| clam (small) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras sp.
Conrad 1840
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Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Walch 1771
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Oxinoxisidae
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Oxinoxis sp.
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Saccamminidae
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Thurammina sp.
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Saccammina sp.
Sars in Carpenter 1869
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Ammodiscidae
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Ammodiscus sp.
Reuss 1862
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? Lituotuba sp.
Rhumbler 1895
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| originally entered as "? Lituotuba sp." | ||||||||||
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Tolypammina sp.
Rhumbler 1895
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| 3 species | ||||||||||
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Hyperamminidae
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Hyperammina sp.
Brady 1879
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| 2 species | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana |
| Coordinates: | 46.0° North, 112.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.4° South, 46.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
| Stage: | Famennian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Famennian | Conodont zone: | Palmatolepis expansa |
| Age range of interval: | 365.30000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sappington | Member: | Unit E | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: "local bed = unit E" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty "reef rocks" | ||
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" | ||
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: "silty ls biostrome (oncolitic); silty fossiliferous ls. shallow water marine bank. cratonic shelf. BA3." | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Rodriguez and Gutschick (1967); Gutschick et al. 1962. Compare to Hickey and Younker 1981" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 643 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
| Created: | 1999-04-06 16:49:40 | Last modified: | 2023-08-27 20:56:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-04-06 16:49:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61147. | R. C. Gutschick, L. J. Suttner, and M. J. Switek. 1962. Biostratigraphy of transitional Devonian-Mississippian Sappington Formation of Southwest Montana. Billings Geological Society: 13th Annual Field Conference Guidebook 79-89 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 442 | J. Rodriguez and R. C. Gutschick. 1967. Brachiopods from the Sappinton Formation (Devonian - Mississippian) of western Montana. Journal of Paleontology 41(2):364-384 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Ju] |