Fort Payne Fm., 42 West, 42W-A3, Pickett Co., TN (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Pickett County, Tennessee (36.5° N, 85.2° W: paleocoordinates 21.5° S, 33.2° 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, green shale

• The green clay shale facies at this locality represent part of a green shale mound.

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 2688: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 14.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Echinderms are listed separately from other fauna, and are given as present/absent.
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unclassified
  -
nuculoids indet., spiriferidines indet., reticulariacean 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 crassus
Cladochonus crassus McCoy 1847 tabulate coral
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata indet.
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Australosutura sp.
Australosutura sp. Campbell and Goldring 1960 trilobite
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Quadratia sp.
Quadratia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Ovatia sp.
 Productida - Productellidae
Rhytiophora sp.
 Productida - Productidae
Marginatia sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp., Plectospira sp.
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Plectospira sp. Cooper 1942
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp.
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp.
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
Bryozoa
  -
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
 Fenestrata -
Fenestrata indet., Fenestrata indet.
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
"indet. pinnate" - originally entered as "Fenestrata indet. pinnate"
Fenestrata indet. Elias and Condra 1957
"indet. anastomosing" - originally entered as "Fenestrata indet. anastomosing"
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria sp., Streblochondria sp.
Streblopteria sp. McCoy 1851 scallop
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
 Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia sp.
Cypricardinia sp. Hall 1860 clam