Where: Russell County, Kentucky (37.1° N, 85.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 32.2° S, 50.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Somerset Member (Salem Limestone Formation), Meramecian (343.0 - 335.5 Ma)

• Lower Mississippian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithified, gray, calcareous shale and packstone

Collection methods: Surface collections were made, but it is unknown if they were float or in situ.

Primary reference: H. R. Feldman. 1987. Facies Faunas of the Salem Limestone (Mississippian) in Southern Indiana and Central Kentucky. Southeastern Geology 27(3):171-183 [A. Miller/A. Webber/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2831: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Andrew Webber on 21.07.1999, edited by Pete Wagner

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