List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Blastoidea
- Granatocrinida
- Granatocrinidae
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Deliablastus cumberlandensis
Ausich and Meyer 1988
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Granatocrinus granulatus
(Romer 1851)
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Platycrinitidae
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Eucladocrinus millebrachiatus
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Platycrinites hemisphaericus
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 7 specimens | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Batocrinidae
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Macrocrinus sp.
Jaekel 1895
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 10 specimens | |||||
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Alloprosallocrinus conicus
Casseday and Lyon 1862
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 30 specimens | |||||
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Magnuscrinus praegravis
(Miller 1892)
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Eretmocrinus magnificus
Lyon and Casseday 1859
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 23 specimens | |||||
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Eretmocrinus ramulosus
(Hall 1858)
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Uperocrinus robustus
(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 7 specimens | |||||
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Uperocrinus nashvillae
(Hall 1858)
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 7 specimens | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Coelocrinidae
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Dorycrinus gouldi
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Agaricocrinus spp.
Austin 1851
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 30 specimens | |||||
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Agaricocrinus americanus
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 14 specimens | |||||
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Agaricocrinus crassus
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Monobathrida
- Actinocrinitidae
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Actinocrinites gibsoni
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 24 specimens | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Diplobathrida
- Rhodocrinitidae
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Gilbertsocrinus tuberosus
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Sagenocrinida
- Mespilocrinidae
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Mespilocrinus kentuckyensis n. sp.
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mespilocrinus romingeri
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Botryocrinidae
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Barycrinus spp.
Meeke and Worthen 1868
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 12 specimens | |||||
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Barycrinus stellatus
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Barycrinus spurius
(Hall 1868)
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Costalocrinus cornutus
(Owen and Schumard 1850)
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Cyathocrinida
- Cyathocrinitidae
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Cyathocrinites iowensis
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 36 specimens | |||||
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Cyathocrinites spp.
Miller 1821
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 12 specimens | |||||
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Cyathocrinites kelloggi
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Dendrocrinida
- Adinocrinidae
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Adinocrinus nodosus
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Calceocrinida
- Calceocrinidae
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Halysiocrinus cumberlandensis
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 8 specimens | |||||
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Halysiocrinus tunicatus
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Catillocrinidae
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Catillocrinus tennesseeae
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Crinoidea
- Synbathocrinidae
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Synbathocrinus swallovi
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Krivicich et al. 2014 | 20 specimens | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kentucky | County: | Cumberland |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 85.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.1° South, 53.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1-2 - Carboniferous 2 | ||
| *Period: | Early/Lower Carboniferous | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Osagean |
| Key time interval: | Osagean - Chadian | Conodont zone: | Gnathodus texanus |
| Age range of interval: | 351.9 - 340.2 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Payne Chert | ||||
| Local section: | Highway 61 S | Local bed: | Unnamed | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: JA: originally entered as late Osagean; falls entirely within the Gnathodus texanus zone (Ausich and Meyer 1990), which in turn is Chadian to Arundian (Work and Mason 2004) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal packstone |
| Lithology description: crinoids collected from one of four facies within the fort payne; at this locality, the facies is sheetlike packestone | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | OSU,USNM |
| Taxonomic list comments:only taxa corresponding with locality information included in the appendix to the paper were entered into the database (several taxa were listed as additional Fort Payne species, but no specific locality information was available) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Hwy 61RS; Hwy 61S | ||
| Database number: | 6201 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, P. Wagner | Enterer: | K. Layou, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-02-08 07:54:42 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-02-08 07:54:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 391. | W. I. Ausich and D. L. Meyer. 1992. Crinoidea Flexibilia (Echinodermata) from the Fort Payne Formation (Lower Mississippian; Kentucky and Tennessee). Journal of Paleontology 66(5):825-838 [A. Miller/K. Layou/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 54014 | 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] |