southern side of Cave Springs ridge, SE of Wolf Creek Mouth, Lake Cumberland: Osagean, Kentucky

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
Xyeleblastus magnificus Ausich and Meyer 1988
Krivicich et al. 2014 2 specimens
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Eucladocrinus millebrachiatus
Krivicich et al. 2014 41 specimens
Platycrinites hemisphaericus
Krivicich et al. 2014 51 specimens
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Paradichocrinus planus
Krivicich et al. 2014 18 specimens
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Macrocrinus sp. Jaekel 1895
Krivicich et al. 2014 18 specimens
Alloprosallocrinus conicus Casseday and Lyon 1862
Krivicich et al. 2014 72 specimens
Abatocrinus informal n. sp. Lane 1963
Krivicich et al. 2014 2 specimens
Abatocrinus grandis (Lyon and Casseday 1859)
Krivicich et al. 2014 17 specimens
Abatocrinus steropes (Hall 1859)
Krivicich et al. 2014 5 specimens
Magnuscrinus praegravis (Miller 1892)
Krivicich et al. 2014 5 specimens
Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859
Krivicich et al. 2014 90 specimens
Eretmocrinus ramulosus (Hall 1858)
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Uperocrinus robustus (Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Krivicich et al. 2014 22 specimens
Uperocrinus nashvillae (Hall 1858)
Krivicich et al. 2014 10 specimens
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Dorycrinus gouldi
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Agaricocrinus spp. Austin 1851
Krivicich et al. 2014 60 specimens
Agaricocrinus americanus
Krivicich et al. 2014 19 specimens
Agaricocrinus crassus
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites gibsoni
Krivicich et al. 2014 62 specimens
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Gaulocrinidae
Gaulocrinus veryi
3 specimens
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Mespilocrinidae
Mespilocrinus kentuckyensis n. sp.
1 specimen
Mespilocrinus romingeri
Krivicich et al. 2014 4 specimens
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Sagenocrinitidae
Forbesiocrinus wortheri
1 specimen
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Dactylocrinidae
Wachsmuthicrinus spinosulus
1 specimen
Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus stellatus
Krivicich et al. 2014 8 specimens
Barycrinus sculptus
Krivicich et al. 2014 2 specimens
Barycrinus spurius (Hall 1868)
Krivicich et al. 2014 3 specimens
Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Poteriocrinitidae
Springericrinus magniventrus
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Holcocrinus nodobrachiatus
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Holcocrinus informal sp. 2
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites iowensis
Krivicich et al. 2014 42 specimens
Cyathocrinites multibrachiatus
Krivicich et al. 2014 2 specimens
Cyathocrinites asperrimus
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Cyathocrinites farleyi
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Lecythocrinidae
? Cestocrinus sp. Kirk 1940
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Staphylocrinidae
Abrotocrinus cf. unicus
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Pelecocrinidae
Pelecocrinus informal n. sp. Kirk 1941
Krivicich et al. 2014 2 specimens
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Mastigocrinidae
Atelestocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1886
Krivicich et al. 2014 3 specimens
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Scytalocrinus decadactylus
Krivicich et al. 2014 4 specimens
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Adinocrinidae
Adinocrinus sp. Kirk 1938
Krivicich et al. 2014 3 specimens
Adinocrinus nodosus
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Crinoidea - Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus tunicatus
Krivicich et al. 2014 145 specimens
Halysiocrinus cumberlandensis
Krivicich et al. 2014 19 specimens
Crinoidea - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus tennesseeae
Krivicich et al. 2014 5 specimens
Crinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus swallovi
Krivicich et al. 2014 26 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kentucky County:Russell
Coordinates: 36.9° North, 85.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° South, 53.0° 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
*Period:Early/Lower Carboniferous *Epoch:Late/Upper Osagean
Key time interval: Osagean Conodont zone:  Gnathodus texanus
Age range of interval: 351.9 - 343.1 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Payne
Local section:Cave Springs South Local bed:Unnamed
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)

PJW: changed back to Osagean.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal packstone
Lithology description: Sheetlike packestone. Crinoidal packstone. Sheetlike layers with graded bedding
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
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:Cave Springs South; CSS
Database number:6203
Authorizer:A. Miller, P. Wagner Enterer:K. Layou, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:63
Created:2000-02-08 08:09:03 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2000-02-08 08:09:03
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]