Coral Ridge fauna, basal New Providence Shale member, Borden Fm. (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Where: Kentucky (38.5° N, 85.9° W: paleocoordinates 18.9° S, 32.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: New Providence Shale Member (Borden Formation), Chadian to Chadian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• "late Osage"

•JA: the late Osagean is Chadian and Arundian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); shale

• "shale. basinal. BA6"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. W. Kammer, C. E. Brett, D. R. Boardman and R. H. Mapes. 1984. Ecologic stability of the dysaerobic biofacies during the Late Paleozoic. 19(2):109-121 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 562: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Mike Sommers on 14.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Kammer et al., 1984, ms."
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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp.
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Trochophyllum sp.
Trochophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia sp.
Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
? Emmonsia sp.
? Emmonsia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
originally entered as "? Emmonsia sp."
Blastoidea
 Spiraculata - Orbitremitidae
Orbitremites sp.
Crinoidea
 Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
Synbathocrinus sp.
Synbathocrinus sp. Phillips 1836 Sea lily
 Cladida - Botryocrinidae
Barycrinus sp.
Barycrinus sp. Meeke and Worthen 1868 Sea lily
 Taxocrinida - Taxocrinidae
Taxocrinus sp.
Taxocrinus sp. Phillips 1843 Sea lily
Trilobita
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus sp.
Brachymetopus sp. M'Coy 1847 trilobite
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Phillibole sp." = Archegonus (Phillibole)
"Phillibole sp." = Archegonus (Phillibole) Richter and Richter 1937 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp.
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp.
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae
Beyrichoceras sp.
Beyrichoceras sp. Foord 1903 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
Ammonellipsites sp.
Ammonellipsites sp. Parkinson 1822 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Merocanites sp.
Merocanites sp. Schindewolf 1922 ammonite
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Michelinoceras sp.
Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp.
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp.
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp.
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
Hippocardia sp.
Hippocardia sp. Brown 1843
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira sp., Glabrocingulum sp.
Trepospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp.
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Sinuitina sp.
Sinuitina sp. Knight 1945 snail