Fort Payne Fm., Rogers Cemetary East locality, RCE-E3, 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 locality 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 2680: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 14.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Echinoderms are listed separately from other fauna, and are only given as present/absent.
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unclassified
  -
spiriferidines indet., reticulariacean indet., rostroconch indet., Porifera indet.
reticulariacean indet.
"indet. sp. A" - originally entered as "reticulariacean indet. sp. A"
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
"indet. spicules" - originally entered as "Porifera indet. spicules"
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus beecheri, Cladochonus crassus
Cladochonus beecheri Grabau 1899 tabulate coral
Cladochonus crassus McCoy 1847 tabulate coral
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp.
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Crinoidea
 Camerata -
Camerata indet.
Camerata indet. Wachsmuth and Springer 1885 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus sp.
Agaricocrinus sp. Austin 1851 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Eretmocrinus sp.
Eretmocrinus sp. Lyon and Casseday 1859 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites sp.
Actinocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Platycrinites sp.
Platycrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Inadunata -
Inadunata indet.
Inadunata indet. Sea lily
"indet. poteriocrine" - originally entered as "Inadunata indet. poteriocrine"
 Flexibilia -
Flexibilia indet.
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites sp.
Cyathocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus sp.
Barycrinus sp. Meeke and Worthen 1868 Sea lily
 Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus sp.
Halysiocrinus sp. Ulrich 1886 Sea lily
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Australosutura sp.
Australosutura sp. Campbell and Goldring 1960 trilobite
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet., Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
"indet. "rhipidomorphs" - originally entered as "Brachiopoda indet. "rhipidomorphs"
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
"indet. "rhynchonelliform" - originally entered as "Brachiopoda indet. "rhynchonelliform"
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Quadratia sp.
Quadratia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Productellidae
Rhytiophora sp.
 Productida - Productidae
Marginatia sp.
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes sp.
Rugosochonetes sp. Sokolskaja 1950
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet., 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"
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
"indet. encrusting" - originally entered as "Bryozoa indet. encrusting"
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Thamniscus sp.
Thamniscus sp. King 1849
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
Bivalvia
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp.
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam