Fort Payne Fm., Harmon Creek locality, H6-E.3, Wayne Co., KY (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Wayne County, Kentucky (36.9° N, 85.0° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 32.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Payne Chert Formation, Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• Lower Mississippian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, phosphatic, green, silty shale and packstone

• The green clay shale facies at this location represent the middle to upper part of a carbonate (wackestone) buildup.

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: W. A. Norris. 1991. Paleoecology and Paleocommunity Analysis of Green Shale Faunas from the Fort Payne Formation (Lower Mississippian) of South-central Kentucky and North-central Tennessee. 1-226 [A. Miller/A. Webber/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2677: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 14.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Echinoderms and other fauna are given in two separate appendices. All echinoderms are listed as present/absent.
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unclassified
  -
spiriferidines indet., Echinodermata indet.
Crinoidea
 Camerata -
Camerata indet.
Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
? Eretmocrinus sp.
? Eretmocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
originally entered as "Eretmocrinus? sp."
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites sp.
Actinocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites sp.
Cyathocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus sp.
Synbathocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet., Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
"indet. bilaminate" - originally entered as "Bryozoa indet. bilaminate"
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
"indet. ramose" - originally entered as "Bryozoa indet. ramose"
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
"indet. "rhynchonelliforms" - originally entered as "Brachiopoda indet. "rhynchonelliforms"
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Quadratia sp.
Quadratia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Australosutura sp.
Australosutura sp. Campbell and Goldring 1960 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
"indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules"