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Louis Pennsylvanian Fossils of the Altamont Formation
Middle Pennsylvanian Series
- Desmoinesian Stage
Marmaton Group - Altamont Formation
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Phylum
Porifera (sponges)
Phylum Cnidaria
(corals)
Phylum Ectoprocta
(bryozoans)
Phylum Brachiopoda
(brachiopods)
Phylum Mollusca
(chitons, cephalopods,
clams, gastropods, rostroconchs)
Phylum Arthropoda
(trilobites)
Phylum Echinodermata
(crinoids)
Phylum Chordata
(sharks & bony fish - Tetrapod)
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Trace Fossils
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Phylum Porifera
(sponges)
Class Calcarea
Regispongia contorta (King) &
spicule
Regispongia contorta (King)
attached to a crinoid column
Sponge holdfast
Phylum Cnidaria (corals)
Michelinia sp.
Phylum Ectoprocta
(bryozoans)
Prismopora triquetra Hall 1883
Phylum Brachiopoda
(brachiopods)
Class Inarticulata
Orbiculoidea missouriensis (Shumard, 1858)
Class Articulata
Composita subtilita (Hall, 1852)
Beecheria bovidens (Morton, 1836)
Derbyia crassa (Meek & Hayden, 1859)
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard, 1855)
Hustedia mormoni (Marcou, 1858)
Kozlowskia haydenensis (Girty, 1903)
Kozlowskia splendens
Useful
Rules for Identification
Brachiopods and Bivalves
Phylum Mollusca
Class Polyplacophora (chitons)
chiton head valve
Glaphurochiton carbonarius (Stevens, 1858)
chiton intermediate valve
Glaphurochiton carbonarius (Stevens, 1858)
chiton tail valve
Glaphurochiton carbonarius (Stevens, 1858)
Class Cephalopoda (cephalopods)
Parametacoceras bellatulum Miller &
Owen, 1934
Class Bivalvia (clams)
Astartella concentrica (Conrad, 1842)
Astartella varica McChesney,
1859
Parallelodon sp.
Useful
Rules for Identification
Brachiopods and Bivalves
Class Gastropoda
(gastropods - snails)
Platyceras (Orthonychia) parva
Pseudozygopleura scitula (2
cm)
Pseudozygopleura scitula (3 cm)
Shansiella carbonaria (early
juvenile)
Strobeus primigenius (Conrad, 1835)
Trachydomia nodosa (Meek & Worthen,
1861)
Trepospira depressa
and Trepospira minima
Class Rostroconchia (rostroconchs)
Pseudobigalea crista Hoare et al., 1982
Pseudoconocardium sp.
Phylum Arthropoda (trilobites)
Class Trilobita
Ditomopyge scitula (enrolled)
Ditomopyge sp.
Phylum Echinodermata (crinoids)
Class Crinoidea
Arm plates of disparid
inadunates crinoids
Ethelocrinus sp. (plates)
Phylum Chordata
Sharks and bony fish
Petrodus sp.
dermal denticles (oscicles)
Petrodus
sp. - dermal denticles
Shark Spines & Scales
phosphatic nodules
Assortment of unbroken nodules
Chomatodus sp.
Agassizodus sp.
Edestus sp.
Petalodus sp.
Tetrapod
Tetrapod (rib fragment)
Stigmaria sp. - Lycopod root fragment
Unusual parasitic markings
on crinoid column
Worm tube constructions
Serpulid worm tubes on a bivalve
Predator borings on Inarticulate Brachiopod
Rooting traces
Distinguishing
roots from burrows
Dr. Andrew K. Rindsberg
Some Useful Rules of Fossil Identification
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