Gross Creek shores, a tributary to Indian Creek: Osagean, Kentucky

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae
Deliablastus cumberlandensis Ausich and Meyer 1988
Krivicich et al. 2014 2 specimens
Xyeleblastus magnificus Ausich and Meyer 1988
Krivicich et al. 2014 14 specimens
Granatocrinus granulatus (Romer 1851)
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
Eucladocrinus millebrachiatus
Krivicich et al. 2014 16 specimens
Platycrinites hemisphaericus
Krivicich et al. 2014 2 specimens
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Dichocrinidae
Paradichocrinus planus
Krivicich et al. 2014 5 specimens
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae
Macrocrinus sp. Jaekel 1895
Krivicich et al. 2014 17 specimens
Alloprosallocrinus conicus Casseday and Lyon 1862
Krivicich et al. 2014 59 specimens
Abatocrinus informal n. sp. Lane 1963
Krivicich et al. 2014 9 specimens
Abatocrinus grandis (Lyon and Casseday 1859)
Krivicich et al. 2014 39 specimens
Abatocrinus steropes (Hall 1859)
Krivicich et al. 2014 5 specimens
Magnuscrinus praegravis (Miller 1892)
Krivicich et al. 2014 12 specimens
Eretmocrinus magnificus Lyon and Casseday 1859
Krivicich et al. 2014 193 specimens
Eretmocrinus ramulosus (Hall 1858)
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Uperocrinus robustus (Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Krivicich et al. 2014 32 specimens
Uperocrinus nashvillae (Hall 1858)
Krivicich et al. 2014 7 specimens
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Coelocrinidae
Agaricocrinus spp. Austin 1851
Krivicich et al. 2014 38 specimens
Agaricocrinus americanus
Krivicich et al. 2014 28 specimens
Agaricocrinus crassus
Krivicich et al. 2014 3 specimens
Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
Actinocrinites gibsoni
Krivicich et al. 2014 114 specimens
Actinocrinites spp. Miller 1821
Krivicich et al. 2014 3 specimens
Thinocrinus informal lobate sp. Ausich and Sevastopulo 2001
Krivicich et al. 2014 3 specimens
Thinocrinus informal smooth sp. Ausich and Sevastopulo 2001
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Thinocrinus lowei (Hall 1859)
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Crinoidea - Taxocrinida - Synerocrinidae
Onychocrinus grandis n. sp.
1 specimen
Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Nipterocrinidae
Nipterocrinus monroensis
1 specimen
Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus sculptus
Krivicich et al. 2014 15 specimens
Barycrinus stellatus
Krivicich et al. 2014 11 specimens
Barycrinus rhombiferus
Krivicich et al. 2014 2 specimens
Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae
Holcocrinus informal sp. 2
Krivicich et al. 2014 1 specimen
Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites iowensis
Krivicich et al. 2014 12 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 - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
Scytalocrinus decadactylus
Krivicich et al. 2014 2 specimens
Crinoidea - Calceocrinida - Calceocrinidae
Halysiocrinus cumberlandensis
Krivicich et al. 2014 11 specimens
Halysiocrinus tunicatus
Krivicich et al. 2014 4 specimens
Crinoidea - Catillocrinidae
Catillocrinus tennesseeae
Krivicich et al. 2014 2 specimens
Crinoidea - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus swallovi
Krivicich et al. 2014 20 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kentucky County:Clinton
Coordinates: 36.8° North, 85.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° South, 53.2° 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:Gross Creek Local bed:unnamed
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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: 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:GC
Database number:6206
Authorizer:A. Miller, P. Wagner Enterer:K. Layou, P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:64
Created:2000-02-08 08:46:05 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2000-02-08 08:46:05
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]