301, Busby Rd (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as 301

Where: Lawrence County, Tennessee (35.1° N, 87.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.3° S, 56.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Gnathodus texanus conodont zone, Fort Payne Formation, Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; wackestone

• "wackestone buildup"
• Wackestone buildup; Carbonate mud with Domal shaped with a green shale core covered by carbonate mud.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the OSU, USNM

Primary reference: E. B. Krivicich, W. I. Ausich, and D. L. Meyer. 2014. Crinoid assemblages from the Fort Payne Formation (late Osagean, early Viséan, Mississippian) from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 88(6):1154-1162 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165239: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 15.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Eucladocrinus millebrachiatus
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Thinocrinus lowei, Actinocrinites spp., Actinocrinites "fewer ridges sp."
Thinocrinus lowei Hall 1859 Sea lily
Actinocrinites spp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Actinocrinites "fewer ridges sp." Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus americanus, Agaricocrinus crassus
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus spp., Eretmocrinus magnificus, Abatocrinus grandis, Alloprosallocrinus conicus, Uperocrinus robustus, Uperocrinus nashvillae, Magnuscrinus praegravis, Magnuscrinus kammeri
Eretmocrinus spp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Abatocrinus grandis Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
Alloprosallocrinus conicus Casseday and Lyon 1862 Sea lily
Uperocrinus robustus Wachsmuth and Springer 1897 Sea lily
Uperocrinus nashvillae Hall 1858 Sea lily
Magnuscrinus praegravis Miller 1892 Sea lily
Magnuscrinus kammeri Krivicich et al. 2013 Sea lily
 Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae
Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus
 Flexibilia -
"Methichtyocrinus tiaraeformis" = Metichthyocrinus
"Methichtyocrinus tiaraeformis" = Metichthyocrinus Sea lily
 Sagenocrinida - Gaulocrinidae
Gaulocrinus veryi
 Sagenocrinida - Sagenocrinitidae
Forbesiocrinus wortheni
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites iowensis, Cyathocrinites farleyi
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus stellatus, Barycrinus rhombiferus
 Belemnocrinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus swallovi
 Allagecrinacea - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus tennesseeae